I was going to ask a question about my Yeoh bag and then looked through my notes and realized the seller listed the leather - I've just since had doubts. But! It has a crinoline part!
So, the Hermes Yeoh bag is a fab bag - discreet, tucks under the shoulder, holds a ton. But I really bought it for the mix and match dorkiness of it.
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Apologies for the blurriness - it was fine on my phone. Anyway, on the right, my first purchase, what the seller says is Togo for the large bag and crinoline for the small bag. No word on the top, but it seems like it has to be box. On the left, my "parts bag" (some people have parts cars, I have a parts bag). The top piece again box. The large bag is toile, and the small bag? Dunno. Pretty and silver.
I could wear the leather version all the time, aside from the annoying opening issue mentioned below. I wear the toile version to festivals, where it avoids pickpockets and ignores beer spills equally well. I haven't used the smaller pouches at all.
To the crinoline: It is attractive to the look, but not at all to the touch. I store it against the toile because I worry it will scratch any of the other pieces.
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And the Togo. Many other listings for Yeoh I've seen say the outer bag is Buffle, so I wasn't sure. But this is the only bag that I reach out and fondle all day at work. It is so better-than-velvety. (The BV intrecciatos are close.)
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The cool thing about the Yeoh is that each pouch will zip closed to itself or zip to the top strap thing. Wait, I just realized I can not only use either small pouch as a clutch, I could use the larger pouches, too, and fondle the Togo(?) pouch all evening!
The annoying thing is that to get into it you need to almost but not entirely unzip the top strap thing from the pouch to reach in. If you entirely unzip it you have to set the whole purse down and feed the zipper ends into each other to close it again. At least it is very good at remaining upright even when hanging only by one zipper, so I can move somewhere else to do it and don't have to block whatever counter I've opened it at.
Other downsides: The zippers have a weird plastic-y thing by the ends - it looks unattractive and isn't holding up well. The top piece is supposed to be straight, but weight causes it to break somewhere in the middle, eventually causing permanent creases. The H hardware at each end is attached by teensy screws, which want to work their way loose. So far they've fallen into the bag for retrieval but this and the above issue are why I call one bag my parts bag.
tldr: This bag ticks all my geeky and sensual boxes but has some practical issues. Also, closeup of crinoline should you be interested, and query as to if main bag is Togo or Buffle or something else.
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but if anyone is a Beardsley fan the 120cm x 120cm scarves are going quickly as they are 66% off (the exhibition is closing soon)
