Influencers and Hermes

[FaubourgTropical]

I watched some of Tania's videos and talking about her roadmap. Sound similar to a get rich quick scam. Only that it's $49 dollars only lol also checked her linktree and she had something there like years of experience into one fool proof success formula to get an Hermes bag. Wasn't it not long ago when she was asking here how to score a bag in Paris? And that's "years of experience"?

I remember that story here in the forum because it was so different: she sacrificed a day with her parents to go to Paris as she got the appointment but in the end no bag offer. I felt bad at that time for her as she said she wasted precious time which otherwise could be spent with her parents.
Imagine my shock when I know it’s the same person that offers this scheme. Now I feel duped.

 

[carrie8]

I remember that story here in the forum because it was so different: she sacrificed a day with her parents to go to Paris as she got the appointment but in the end no bag offer. I felt bad at that time for her as she said she wasted precious time which otherwise could be spent with her parents.
Imagine my shock when I know it’s the same person that offers this scheme. Now I feel duped.

Wait, was that her? OMG!

 

[7th House]

I remember that story here in the forum because it was so different: she sacrificed a day with her parents to go to Paris as she got the appointment but in the end no bag offer. I felt bad at that time for her as she said she wasted precious time which otherwise could be spent with her parents.
Imagine my shock when I know it’s the same person that offers this scheme. Now I feel duped.

I came across it here not long ago. So I was confused. When someone says they have years of experience with something, in my head I'm thinking at least 7 years for you to claim expertise in something. My head is swirling with this phrase because when I'm hiring people, this is what I see in their resumes. I unfollowed her so I don't see her annoying reels lol

 

[FaubourgTropical]

Wait, was that her? OMG!

Yes. There was once she defended her roadmap (in this thread, I think) and it was the same user. Unfortunately I forget the user name.

 

[Meta]

Wait, was that her? OMG!

I came across it here not long ago. So I was confused. When someone says they have years of experience with something, in my head I'm thinking at least 7 years for you to claim expertise in something. My head is swirling with this phrase because when I'm hiring people, this is what I see in their resumes. I unfollowed her so I don't see her annoying reels lol

Which just happened in Sept 2022.

Yes. There was once she defended her roadmap (in this thread, I think) and it was the same user. Unfortunately I forget the user name.

Yes, she did back in April.

 

[papertiger]

It's one of our rules that we don't talk about other members (not so nicely) so we need to stop sniping please, TY

 

[umamanikam]

 

[ladysarah]

I’m finding it harder and harder to take this brand seriously based on these so called influencers who have been getting bag offers in the last couple years or buying them elsewhere. Just scrolling through sm feeds I see the following persons with birkins or kellys - someone who looks like she’s a call girl getting a highly desirable picnic, a woman who admits to being on only fans (you may have seen her with her pasty), multiple resellers who flex their bags (faubourg, Himalayan, etc) and pretend to live the high life with photo shoots in cliche locations, the wife of a slumlord, and so many others who have shopping addictions and can’t stop shopping the brand. The clientele has changed a lot since the pandemic. And not in a good way. Brand protection seems nonexistent. Image doesn’t seem to matter. Is H really exclusive anymore? The shopping experience has declined with so much competition and all the stupid games. Brands like Patek and Rolex care about resellers. Patek even interviews you to determine whether you’re actually worthy of wearing their watch. With Hermes it is a free for all. Play the game by spending enough, resell the prespend along the way, and you still get a bag. Even my nail lady is buying Hermes bags and flexing on IG. She has a stack of cartier bangles and vca too. Go figure.

I really love seeing bags as part of a fashion story - in the context of a plausible occasion, i might attend myself. For example un ‘influencer’ showing: I use this green Kelly with this dress to attend a wedding reception, and this black bag with my black trousers for a work event - or whatever. Instead all I usually see is row after row of shelves with bags, and the occasional close up - like a bag on its own. Just not really interested in collections just for the sake of flexing:look at me and my £££££ worth of bags. It’s embarrassing really.

 

[benjinito]

TheFakeBirkinSlayer is back again with another baseless accusation



The influencer responded and linked to her unboxing video, love that for her

 

[classicgirll]

TheFakeBirkinSlayer is back again with another baseless accusation

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The influencer responded and linked to her unboxing video, love that for her

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That's great but Lailli is known to not be the most..... honest influencer.
There's been a bunch of threads about her elsewhere but Apparently she was outed as a personal shopper and buyer/returner, among other things, including fake replicas. Buying the real thing to unbox and then buying a dupe replacement. Not sure if anyone else has other tea but wouldn't be surprised if there was...

 

[TC1]

That's great but Lailli is known to not be the most..... honest influencer.
There's been a bunch of threads about her elsewhere but Apparently she was outed as a personal shopper and buyer/returner, among other things, including fake replicas. Buying the real thing to unbox and then buying a dupe replacement. Not sure if anyone else has other tea but wouldn't be surprised if there was...

TFBS doubled down and reposted her unboxing with the "where did you get this bag" soooo..

 

[QuelleFromage]

That's great but Lailli is known to not be the most..... honest influencer.
There's been a bunch of threads about her elsewhere but Apparently she was outed as a personal shopper and buyer/returner, among other things, including fake replicas. Buying the real thing to unbox and then buying a dupe replacement. Not sure if anyone else has other tea but wouldn't be surprised if there was...

One look at "old" LM without the accent, surgery, and fillers reveals a completely different person...to me this is the worst of influencer culture, unboxing not one but two mini Kellys at once (from resellers, one NIB, so an easy $45K USD if not much more) to "win" the Internet with ultra-conspicuous consumption...yet nothing is real.

 

[Raspberry_Juice]

I’m finding it harder and harder to take this brand seriously based on these so called influencers who have been getting bag offers in the last couple years or buying them elsewhere. Just scrolling through sm feeds I see the following persons with birkins or kellys - someone who looks like she’s a call girl getting a highly desirable picnic, a woman who admits to being on only fans (you may have seen her with her pasty), multiple resellers who flex their bags (faubourg, Himalayan, etc) and pretend to live the high life with photo shoots in cliche locations, the wife of a slumlord, and so many others who have shopping addictions and can’t stop shopping the brand. The clientele has changed a lot since the pandemic. And not in a good way. Brand protection seems nonexistent. Image doesn’t seem to matter. Is H really exclusive anymore? The shopping experience has declined with so much competition and all the stupid games. Brands like Patek and Rolex care about resellers. Patek even interviews you to determine whether you’re actually worthy of wearing their watch. With Hermes it is a free for all. Play the game by spending enough, resell the prespend along the way, and you still get a bag. Even my nail lady is buying Hermes bags and flexing on IG. She has a stack of cartier bangles and vca too. Go figure.

100% this. Hermes now seems like a brand for tacky influencers and wannabe celebrities. long term that will be very bad for the brand's image, but they are probably too short sighted by the cash flow to recognize this.
I remember back in the early 2000s Burberry became brand of chavs and WAGs, as its check design was everywhere. Hermes will go down the same route.

 

[Veritybelle]

100% this. Hermes now seems like a brand for tacky influencers and wannabe celebrities. long term that will be very bad for the brand's image, but they are probably too short sighted by the cash flow to recognize this.
I remember back in the early 2000s Burberry became brand of chavs and WAGs, as its check design was everywhere. Hermes will go down the same route.

Hopefully we’ll never describe a B35 as a ludicrously capacious handbag….

 

[step2005]

Hopefully we’ll never describe a B35 as a ludicrously capacious handbag….

I can’t help laughing and think of that episode when I come back from office carrying leftover lunch and heels in my GP36/B35/Deauville/StLouis