Hi there. I purchased this from a luxury auction and decided to try my hand at refurbishing it to the best of my ability. I used various blues to try to make it have some kind of depth… But also stay true to the original color… I did not do the inner lining of it… But I did the outside and sealed it, etc. You can be my first buyer of a refurbished Louis Vuitton. It’s quite nice and actually can fit a cell phone in there. This is authentic, and as you will see, does have some rubbing on the interior and as mentioned, has been restored on the exterior. I see that some people actually paint pictures and things like that on them, but I’m not trying that yet. I think this would be so nice with a dolphin or a turtle or some kind of fish or mermaid… or a beach chair with an umbrella or something… because it seems very much like the ocean to me.