DH going to London/Amsterdam - where to send him to look for Hermes?

kimberf

kimberf

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Mar 8, 2007
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#1
So, as I posted in the thread on cultivating an Hermes-enabling husband, my DH is going to London on Saturday, then on to Amsterdam. Are the H boutiques in these cities worth sending him to? Any hope of him finding a Birkin at either of them for me? :graucho: Are there better stores to have him check, rather than the H boutique (Harvey Nicks or Selfridges or somewhere, perhaps?) I feel like I need to strike while the iron is hot, since he showed some receptivity to looking for a bag for me, and I know that at most, he'll hit one store per city.
 
#4
In London there are 3 stores (Bond st, Sloane St, Exchange Sq), two concessions (Selfridges, Harrods) and H Duty Free at two of Heathrow's terminals so there're plenty of places for him to visit. I've never had a bad experience with a SA but in my experience Sloane St has the friendliest ones. I think you have to be very, very, very lucky to walk into a store and score a Birkin in London, unless you have a huge travel one or something. I've seen a couple of Kellys on the shelves though. If there's anything else you are after then it's always a good idea to ring in advance and enquire about stock.
 
#5
Thank you so much ladies! Apologies for not doing more research on where the stores are before I posted. My excitement got ahead of my proper planning...
 
#6
The store in Amsterdam is on PC Hooftstraat - just around the corner from the Rijksmuseum. The store and staff is wonderful, speaking English is not a problem at all. I've seen the occassional Birkin on the shelf there - just before I left (two months ago) there was an Ebene 35 in Clemence just sitting there. There's normally a Kelly or two there.

I had a wonderful SA there, who now only works 2 days per week. Good luck!
 
#8
Ooh, perfect. DH's friend who he's meeting up with in Amsterdam is a big Rijksmuseum fan, so they'll definitely be over in that area. And if the SA's are nice, that's a huge bonus in terms of making sure he doesn't get turned off by the whole experience. Sounds like Amsterdam may be a good bet, especially since there will be the guilt factor of him being on a guys' weekend when two of the guys' wives are home and pregnant!! Thank you so much!
 
#9
My DH goes tramping about all the H stores in London, including Selfridges and Harrods each time he is there but has never found anything good :sad:
 
#11
^i haven't had the best service at bond st but it's usually ok. i'm surprised that anyone would say they're snooty at harrod's though, i've never had less than fantastic service there.
 
#12
To be fair, I do set very high standards, and I believe service should be perfect, if not better, simply because of the amount of money I spend on the item, it's a top end luxury good, so service should match too. I suppose Harrods isn't that bad, never tried the Selfridges concession and Bond St. Ptshhh. I've had better service at poundland.
 
#13
I also recommend Sloan st. over Bond. In fact, all the shops on Sloan are much nicer than Bond St, and I've heard this several times and experienced it myself. :shrugs:

As far as Amsterdam, I have always had spectacular service there. Shops here aren't always known for their warm service, but H is the one place that is consistently different that way.
 
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