"I bought these as party favors for my 7yo birthday party at Chuck E Cheese - they loved them & I got many compliments. These purses are a good size for girls, measuring 5" W x 7"L. The string is 20" long so I had to tie them shorter at the neck for most of the girls (ages 7-10) so they could wear them across their bodies - to hold tokens & tickets. I bought an iron-on white alphabet set to put each girls' initial on their own bag - it turned out really cute! It is a very dark denim color, almost black so don't think of these as blue jeans color. I put an iron-on rhinestone cross on my own and it looked great too. I'll definitely be using mine to hold light essentials but wouldn't trust it with my cell phone or small digicam for a long time. I bought 2 dozen & have leftover so if it does break my 2 girls & I have more to run through b/c it is a comfortable, convenient size to use when you don't want/need to carry your purse and need your hands free. The bags held up fine but I question the use over a long period of time as the string is not that thick, but good enough & a great value for the price...I'd still buy them again."