Pick up Amanda Seyfried's Roots satchel from Letters to Juliet

Every good writer needs a good satchel.

Sophie Hall (Amanda Seyfried) is an aspiring writer working at The New Yorker magazine as a fact checker. Her fiancee Victor (Gael Garcia Bernal) is busy preparing for the opening of his Italian restaurant in downtown New York. To celebrate the restaurants opening the pair go on a pre-honeymoon (isn’t that just a holiday?) trip to Verona. But once there Victor is overcome by the tastes of the country, frantically travelling around sourcing ingredients for his restaurant. Of course this means Sophie spends a lot of time exploring by herself, which is when she discovers Juliet’s courtyard.

People travel from all over the world to pin their love letters to the wall of the house Juliet Capulet supposedly lived in. Sophie spends the afternoon watching the activity and writing about it, when she sees a woman gather up the letters and carry them off in a basket. The naturally inquisitive Sophie follows her, only to find a group calling themselves Juliet’s ‘secretaries’, who reply to every letter left for Juliet. Inspired by the women, Sophie decides to help collect the letters the following day, which is when she finds a letter from 1957 behind a loose brick.

Caught up in the romance of it all, she decides she must reply to the English woman, Claire (Vanessa Redgrave), and help her find the man she left hanging all those years ago. When Claire and her grandson Charlie (Chris Egan) actually travel to Italy after receiving the letter, Sophie once again decides she must help. As the three travel northern Italy in search for Lorenzo Bartolini (Franco Nero), they find plenty of men matching the name but none is the young man Claire fell in love with all those years ago. They do eventually find the right Lorenzo, but along the way love begins to blossom between Charlie and Sophie. Of course Sophie turns her adventure into an article which her boss loves, and she finally becomes a proper writer – perhaps down to Charlie’s encouragement.

We weren’t too impressed with Amanda’s fashion choices in Letters to Juliet when we first saw the trailers, but when we spotted her cute satchel (a must for any aspiring writer) we fell in love too. It comes from Roots and is perfect for storing your pens and notebooks, or laptop for more modern journalists. It’s made of 100% Italian Tribe leather, with double buckles on the front to keep all your letters safe. And its hand rubbed for that vintage look which will never crack or fade, but become softer and richer with age. And we’ve found a selection of alternative satchels for you to choose from, perfect for a trip to Italy!