the main flaw with searching for the "perfect bag" seems to be its singularity.  one bag to suit all of your needs: day to night, workweek to weekend and back again?  this seems highly improbable, so when I asked some members of team scarpa to choose their ideal bag from the current selection in store, I allowed three categories: one for tote/work/weekender, one for daytime (perhaps a day when you don't have to schlep as much around), and one for evening.  behold the results below!

tote: sylvan park 'prospect' tote tall |  daytime: annabel ingall large 'alice' |  evening: nada sawaya python small 'bibi'

tote: jerome dreyfuss 'billy l' |  daytime: b.may croc embossed catchall | evening: kendall conrad 'no. 3'