Do Parisians wear Hermes?
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Hi H Prince, (waving back), would love to see what milanese could make you look short and unfashionable -- that's impossible
Re your Zara point, is it that they wear H and don;t allow H to overshadow them? Do you think the Zara point allows them to better express unique optimal aesthetic for H? I don't see as much H when I am in Paris, but even though I'm a right bank person, I don;t spend much time in Place Vendome. On the UES of NY, you see tons of birkins, some real, lots fake, worn in a very matronly way (or in a way that shouts "see birkin) even when the person is younger.
By the way, I decided to delete the post because i expressed myself OT ; I was trying to communicate my opinion only on regular urban dressing and my thoughts flowed to comparison of cities-- I guess us H wearing or H inspired/obsessed people are somewhat rare breed.
Love your description of the family of four!
The Hermès Scarves and bags are not cool if you're under 40. That's just the way it is. Hermès is not really the most popular brand out there and is considered very snobbish, elitist and not very modern. Ladylike...
Chanel is a different story. Its still considered an eternally young brand, and is not totally associated with « ladylike » fashion, unless meant to.
Same with Dior.
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The « hot » brands in Paris right now :
- Veja shoes (ecological trainers)
- Sandro, Maje, APC, Zadig & Voltaire and Comptoir des Cotonniers (designer chain stores). Each season, one of these gets significanlty more popular than the others. It's designer, but not luxury. It's just what the market wants...
- « Independant » designers > . Independant designer shops can be found at the locations i mentioned earlier, small streets only.
- Gaspard Yurkevitch High-heels
- Feiyue traditionnal chinese kung-fu shoes (cheap yet HUGE)
- Couples fashion (The boy and the girl adopt a similar style, The Kooples being the first place to offer these «rock chic» matching clothes)
Its better to adopt something cool, new and not famous yet, unless it totally fits your style. The cool place to buy such accessories is COLETTE, rue Saint-Honoré. Colette has the latest in fashion selected from both the most notorious brands (Dior...) and new designers.
Now, about mix and match. Some clothes are here to stay, and are essential. Some are just here to match. Youll probably buy these from Zara because you will probably not wear them much past this season.
So it's considered disposable fashion, but not "cheap" at all, everyone buys from Zara...
Your style decides what you should buy, opposite « my buys define my style, now look at my LV ^^ »
Hope it helps...
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I met my first Hermes wearing Parisian friend decades ago when I lived in a small city in upstate New York. She had a Constance and a Kelly. At the time she told me that the bags were worn open so that the Hermes name would show and that fact had me speechless! She pulled them out of her closet to show me how it was done. At the time I had Hermes scarves, but no handbag. I put the info away for future use LOL!
It depends on the age group. Most Parisiens will say that Hermes is for old ladies or their grand mere. You will see young people wearing Hermes scarves but they don't buy them; they wear their mothers and usually in a way much more branche.
For the French and the Parisian 'bon ton' the Kelly is the creme de la creme. The Birkin is just another Hermes bag but a Kelly is a Kelly.
And carrying bags by handles rather than by shoulder straps is sooooo French - why carry a wonderful accessory when it ruins the line of your clothes? The French just wouldn't do it unless it was a dire emergency! Sadly I'm lumpy and English so can't put that discipline into practice - ha ha ha.
And carrying bags by handles rather than by shoulder straps is sooooo French - why carry a wonderful accessory when it ruins the line of your clothes? The French just wouldn't do it unless it was a dire emergency! Sadly I'm lumpy and English so can't put that discipline into practice - ha ha ha.
The French people love luxury. And certainly the luxury from their own country! Think on brands like Hermès, Chanel, Louis Vuitton. They are all French. France was always the country of luxury. If you look in the past, we see the kings and queens of France with luxury goods, like Marie-Antoinette. Now these days Parisians love to be discreet on the streets. So they were rather a Kelly bag than a Louis Vuitton Alma. Louis Vuitton is known as a regular brand in Paris. Everyone knows what it is, and almost everyone has some items.
Hermès is for Parisians some kind of timeless discreet ellegance. Everyone knows a Kelly Bag is from Hermès, but it doesn't screem Hermès, you understand? Parisians just love this. This is very exclusive to Paris. In the rest of France there aren't a lot of city's where people buy these kind of things except city's as Nice, Lille, Saint-Tropez etc.
I always say, you never see people wearing an whole Chanel outfit from the haute couture-collection cause it's not appropriate to wear it (that's my rule for European countries, I live in Holland haha), cause it's too excessive. In Paris you can! And sometimes, you see someone wearing it!
In Holland where I live, people don't really care about exclusive brands like Hermès or Chanel. We have a very very tiny street where you can buy Hermès in a little Hermès store, Chanel in a store where there are just 4 dresses or something haha.
Also, the French side of Belgium loves these kind of things. In a city like Brussel, you see a lot of Birkins
Hermès is for Parisians some kind of timeless discreet ellegance. Everyone knows a Kelly Bag is from Hermès, but it doesn't screem Hermès, you understand? Parisians just love this. This is very exclusive to Paris. In the rest of France there aren't a lot of city's where people buy these kind of things except city's as Nice, Lille, Saint-Tropez etc.
I always say, you never see people wearing an whole Chanel outfit from the haute couture-collection cause it's not appropriate to wear it (that's my rule for European countries, I live in Holland haha), cause it's too excessive. In Paris you can! And sometimes, you see someone wearing it!
In Holland where I live, people don't really care about exclusive brands like Hermès or Chanel. We have a very very tiny street where you can buy Hermès in a little Hermès store, Chanel in a store where there are just 4 dresses or something haha.
Also, the French side of Belgium loves these kind of things. In a city like Brussel, you see a lot of Birkins
Bobo is a "bourgeois bohemien"
Also, I meant to add that when a french woman mentions an "Hermes bag" she means a Kelly....
( 90% of the time)
This is cultural...
Also, I meant to add that when a french woman mentions an "Hermes bag" she means a Kelly....
( 90% of the time)
This is cultural...
^^Really? I love bigger bags and always will. I thought everyone from college kids to grandmothers carried GD bags.