Influencers and Hermes

[PrincessTingTing]

So…what closet/bag storage system should they install for you to trust their opinions about bags?

This is random but I have trust issues with anyone who sticks an enormous couch in front of what looks similar to an ikea closet system to showcase Hermes Birkins and Kellys and other luxury bags.

 

[SDC2003]

So…what closet/bag storage system should they install for you to trust their opinions about bags?

You do realize I was referring to the person who’s selling the roadmap right? It’s a joke.

 

[papertiger]

As a baby TikTok influencer (~60k followers) the main reason I stopped posting here is because a big influencer was not just stealing my TikTok content, but she was stealing my POST CONTENT HERE VERBATIM.

My only point is, I’m sure thebirkinslayer reads this forum and prob gets lots of info from here.

Unfortunately, this is my experience with info freely given in the past too (not that I do TT). These boards are open to the general public (including professional interested parties). I have been richly informed by members of tPF in the past and it is right to give back, however, I no longer do deep-dive threads/posts without using a 'spoiler' here, nor do my blog anymore, and mostly for similar reasons.

If you have information that directly IDs members using your (or another member's info) somewhere else with/without a reference please DM me. Information on copyright is available in our T&R.

 

[necklace_of_raindrops]

These bloggers are like puppets of each other. No personality at all. Same bags, same products everyone else is endorsing, not that i care about the products they are endorsing. Same white furniture, white everything, and those fake indoor plants lol.

I see art and style when i see it and that keeps me engaged.

Don't get me started on the fake plants! I am a plant person so they're the first thing I notice in those "uniquely the same" videos. And I agree on the sameness of the white furniture. It's rare to find a social media starlet with a strong sense of personal style when they're carbon copies of each other.

 

[Notorious Pink]

I can’t follow most of the influencers; it seems to me like the majority have little substantive knowledge. Most accounts I come across haven’t been collecting for more a few years; if I have canned goods in my pantry for longer than an influencer has been financially independent, I’m not getting anything new, and in that case there needs to be something clever or entertaining. But then, maybe I’m just too old for influencers. In my experience, there are some fabulous sources of information, and most of them (like @papertiger ) are here and are very generous with their time and info. I try to do the same.

@justaregularwhitegirl the best I can say is, try to take it as a compliment. And get receipts. I have been plagiarized numerous times by “The Blogger Who Shall Not Be Named”, and who clearly chose their name to cause confusion between themseves and PurseBlog. Once the plagiarism was so bad I was a few sentences in when I realized it was my article…they didn’t even try to change the order of an included list that I had created. They also ignored the comments (still there! Years later!) calling them out on this.

 

[pinklover28]

I can’t follow most of the influencers; it seems to me like the majority have little substantive knowledge. Most accounts I come across haven’t been collecting for more a few years; if I have canned goods in my pantry for longer than an influencer has been financially independent, I’m not getting anything new, and in that case there needs to be something clever or entertaining. But then, maybe I’m just too old for influencers. In my experience, there are some fabulous sources of information, and most of them (like @papertiger ) are here and are very generous with their time and info. I try to do the same.

@justaregularwhitegirl the best I can say is, try to take it as a compliment. And get receipts. I have been plagiarized numerous times by “The Blogger Who Shall Not Be Named”, and who clearly chose their name to cause confusion between themseves and PurseBlog. Once the plagiarism was so bad I was a few sentences in when I realized it was my article…they didn’t even try to change the order of an included list that I had created. They also ignored the comments (still there! Years later!) calling them out on this.

The other day, I watch a youtuber's FSH shopping vlog. She said "look at that big birkin" referring to a HAC. They pretend that they are "obsessed with the brand" but in reality the only care about Birkins and Kellys.

 

[fashionfriends]

The other day, I watch a youtuber's FSH shopping vlog. She said "look at that big birkin" referring to a HAC. They pretend that they are "obsessed with the brand" but in reality the only care about Birkins and Kellys.

Was it DoubleVanilla? Sounds like something she would say lol

 

[pinklover28]

Was it DoubleVanilla? Sounds like something she would say lol

No not her, she's actually pretty knowledgable. It was Maria Draganova.

 

[ccloveh]

Even Tamara does that too sometimes

 

[addiCCted]

For those that love a good unboxing moment

 

[Pamela Stylepop]

For those that love a good unboxing moment

Fabulous colour

 

[benjinito]

For those that love a good unboxing moment

I love her. “Nobody cares about the Eze sandals, Cassie”

There are a few influencers out there that have such lovely personalities that I'm not surprised that they get special treatment at H. Cassie and Isabelle's Style come to mind.

 

[SDC2003]

I love her. “Nobody cares about the Eze sandals, Cassie”

There are a few influencers out there that have such lovely personalities that I'm not surprised that they get special treatment at H. Cassie and Isabelle's Style come to mind.

She’s one of a handful of influencers who doesn’t annoy me. Beautiful bag.

 

[nashpoo]

For those that love a good unboxing moment

Loooove cassie!!! She has such a beautiful collection growing.

 

[fashionpanda]

I actually like Cassie but I do think she as well as many other influencers are not transparent about their Hermes "journey" (aka spend profile). While I do think influencers do get some degree of special treatment, the purchases they reveal on their channels as well as the way so many of them say they didn't have to spend very much and have a "great relationship with their SA" certainly raises some eyebrows. It is certainly not relatable, or really even likeable to most, to be spending 10s of thousands of dollars at Hermes to be able to be offered bag. So having their audience believe that they are just so likeable/famous that they are offered a bag at the boutique without this pre-spend can solidify their audience's belief that their favorite influencer is as "nice" in real life as they appear on screen. I think this is also advice given by influencer management companies given to their creators. Novice creators or those that simply do it for fun have no issue disclosing pre spend because it doesn't really affect their profits. While in normal circumstances I don't believe anyone has to reveal anything about their purchases to anyone, in this case these are social media personalities whose brand is inviting people to have a psuedo-social relationship with them and who profit off of giving these people advice or information. Companies have a responsibility to be honest with their customers and I believe that influencers should share the same responsibility to be honest with the audience they are profiting from.