Back in 2009, when the Hermès website had a section called Les Ailes d'Hermès, I saw the most beautiful bag ever.
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I was (and still am) obsessed with this Plume size that even until now, I have an album on my phone dedicated to it:
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I couldn't buy it that time because I just bought a HAC 40. Later on I decided to go the preloved route, but in the 10 or so years in searching the secondary market, I only found this, which was almost priced like brand new and was located outside the EU (VAT and customs charges will cripple me):
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And this one which costs like a car:
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I kind of forgot about it until Hermès came up with the Volynka leather and they made a bag in the exact Plume size I want. I was so obsessed that I spammed the
Volynka thread with my "research"
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I kind of forgot about it again because life happened, until I went back to Paris last month and saw the Volynka Birkin and mini Kelly displayed at the FSH window.
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I thought, "Ah yeah, I used to be so much into this!"
Having sold the HAC some years ago and me turning 40 two months ago, I thought it was time to get a new bag from the store. And i'm glad I did because the SA said it was the last one in Europe.
I would have to probably wait a VERY long time for this to appear in the preloved market.
So that's the story of how I went through a cycle of obsessing, forgetting, and remembering to get my first Plume