Is it Possible to Create the Perfect All-Hermes Collection? Need Help!

[prepster]

Calling all creative and experienced Hermes owners. I have sold my bags and am ready to start over. I need your wisdom and guidance in putting together a collection of no more than 10 Hermes bags that will fulfill all of my wardrobe needs. Can Hermes do all of this? Here is what I need. Colors are up to you:

1. A capacious bag for travel
2. A structured dressy day bag to wear with a suit. Think funeral, or meeting with my banker or attorney (similar experiences )
3. A beach bag:
4. A large day handbag for Fall/Winter:
5. A large day handbag for Spring/Summer:
6. A small-medium bag for Fall/Winter for touring or walking all day. Could be shoulder or handbag:
7. A small handbag for Spring/Summer for touring or walking all day:
8. A tough bag to take to horse shows to hold a blanket, thermos, etc. that can handle getting dirty:
9/10. Two dressy minaudieres or clutches that will work for evening gowns or flow-y palazzo pants, perhaps one for Fall/Winter, one for Spring/Summer:

I am classic, and wear Black, Brown, Gray and Taupe in solid colors, mostly monochromatic, but am not opposed to pops of color in bags.

 

[Ann PM]

1. A capacious bag for travel: Birkin 40 etoupe or black
2. A structured dressy day bag to wear with a suit: a Birkin 25, kelly 25 or mini Kelly
3. A beach bag: personally I use a Chevron
4. A large day handbag for Fall/Winter: Birkin or Kelly 35
5. A large day handbag for Spring/Summer: Evelyne GM or Kelly 32
6. A small-medium bag for Fall/Winter for touring or walking all day. Could be shoulder or handbag: Lindy 26
7. A small handbag for Spring/Summer for touring or walking all day: Evelyne or Lindy or a Kelly 28
8. A tough bag to take to horse shows to hold a blanket, thermos, etc. that can handle getting dirty: Herbag
Hope it helps you

 

[prepster]

1. A capacious bag for travel: Birkin 40 etoupe or black
2. A structured dressy day bag to wear with a suit: a Birkin 25, kelly 25 or mini Kelly
3. A beach bag: personally I use a Chevron
4. A large day handbag for Fall/Winter: Birkin or Kelly 35
5. A large day handbag for Spring/Summer: Evelyne GM or Kelly 32
6. A small-medium bag for Fall/Winter for touring or walking all day. Could be shoulder or handbag: Lindy 26
7. A small handbag for Spring/Summer for touring or walking all day: Evelyne or Lindy or a Kelly 28
8. A tough bag to take to horse shows to hold a blanket, thermos, etc. that can handle getting dirty: Herbag
Hope it helps you

Thanks much! Brilliant ideas--I love how you have suggested a variety of bag shapes.

 

[periogirl28]

I am going to try this:
1. A capacious bag for travel Birkin 35/40 Toile and leather to reduce weight
2. A structured dressy day bag to wear with a suit. Think funeral, or meeting with my banker or attorney (similar experiences ) Crocodile or Black Box Kelly 28 GHW
3. A beach bag: Equateur Beach tote
4. A large day handbag for Fall/Winter: Birkin 35 Bleu Nuit GHW
5. A large day handbag for Spring/Summer: Kelly 32 Gris T PHW
6. A small-medium bag for Fall/Winter for touring or walking all day. Could be shoulder or handbag: SO Kelly 22 Raisin GHW
7. A small handbag for Spring/Summer for touring or walking all day: Lindy 30 Rouge Casaque PHW
8. A tough bag to take to horse shows to hold a blanket, thermos, etc. that can handle getting dirty: Barenia HAC BRUSHED HW
9/10. Two dressy minaudieres or clutches that will work for evening gowns or flow-y palazzo pants, perhaps one for Fall/Winter, one for Spring/Summer: Black Croc Kelly Pouchette PHW, Medor Lizard Ficelle GHW

Dream bag wardrobe

 

[prepster]

I am going to try this:
1. A capacious bag for travel Birkin 35/40 Toile and leather to reduce weight
2. A structured dressy day bag to wear with a suit. Think funeral, or meeting with my banker or attorney (similar experiences ) Crocodile or Black Box Kelly 28 GHW
3. A beach bag: Equateur Beach tote
4. A large day handbag for Fall/Winter: Birkin 35 Bleu Nuit GHW
5. A large day handbag for Spring/Summer: Kelly 32 Gris T PHW
6. A small-medium bag for Fall/Winter for touring or walking all day. Could be shoulder or handbag: SO Kelly 22 Raisin GHW
7. A small handbag for Spring/Summer for touring or walking all day: Lindy 30 Rouge Casaque PHW
8. A tough bag to take to horse shows to hold a blanket, thermos, etc. that can handle getting dirty: Barenia HAC BRUSHED HW
9/10. Two dressy minaudieres or clutches that will work for evening gowns or flow-y palazzo pants, perhaps one for Fall/Winter, one for Spring/Summer: Black Croc Kelly Pouchette PHW, Medor Lizard Ficelle GHW

Dream bag wardrobe

Thank you! I was thinking a Birkin 35 for F/W Day but would never have even considered Bleu Nuit with gold. Love that. Very clever how you chose GHW for Fall and PHW for Spring. That never occurred to me, but it is very smart.

 

[ehy12]

Calling all creative and experienced Hermes owners. I have sold my bags and am ready to start over. I need your wisdom and guidance in putting together a collection of no more than 10 Hermes bags that will fulfill all of my wardrobe needs. Can Hermes do all of this? Here is what I need. Colors are up to you:
I, like you, have had many many many bag iterations and many expensive bag mistakes....I think this is a fun exercise:
1. A capacious bag for travel (I loved traveling with my Lindy 30 this summer across Europe...I've had b40s and b35s and just for me, they were too heavy...and in a pinch I like the option of shoulder carry as I have small children and like to hold their hand crossing the street etc. I only brought one bag traveling and for casual dinners the Lindy was fine)
2. A structured dressy day bag to wear with a suit. Think funeral, or meeting with my banker or attorney (similar experiences ) (I only bring my black Delvaux brilliant for funerals and I think a k28 sellier would be perfect for bank/attorney meetings)
3. A beach bag: (I love my garden party 36 in bright pink for the beach and happily carried it in west palm beach this summer but I also love that bag Mira dumas carries...don't the name...it's in canvas)
4. A large day handbag for Fall/Winter: (probably for most a b35 would be fine...for me they are so heavy so I would think a b30 or k32 in a gory rich color. I also enjoy my jyspsiere 31 because of the cross body function it's so easy over puffy coats)
5. A large day handbag for Spring/Summer: (b30 or k32 or a fun garden party in pop color)
6. A small-medium bag for Fall/Winter for touring or walking all day. Could be shoulder or handbag: (I loved my constance élan in the fall last year in Paris because it was just me and hubby no kids so I didn't need anything big. But, otherwise a jypsy 28?)
7. A small handbag for Spring/Summer for touring or walking all day: (Lindy 26!!!)
8. A tough bag to take to horse shows to hold a blanket, thermos, etc. that can handle getting dirty: (hmmm....a ginormous Longchamp? I just think a big birkin would be way too heavy with a thermos, blanket etc)
9/10. Two dressy minaudieres or clutches that will work for evening gowns or flow-y palazzo pants, perhaps one for Fall/Winter, one for Spring/Summer: (jige for palazzo pants etc...I love bottega knot clutch for evening gowns)

I am classic, and wear Black, Brown, Gray and Taupe in solid colors, mostly monochromatic, but am not opposed to pops of color in bags.

 

[Ann PM]

Thanks much! Brilliant ideas--I love how you have suggested a variety of bag shapes.

you are welcome

 

[Shiva2009]

1. A capacious bag for travel: Birkin 40 Black with Ghw
2. A structured dressy day bag to wear with a suit: a Birkin 30 or kelly sellier 32
3. A beach bag: garden party
4. A large day handbag for Fall/Winter: Birkin or Kelly 35 in neutral color
5. A large day handbag for Spring/Summer: 35 or 32 kelly retourne Ghw
6. A small-medium bag for Fall/Winter for touring or walking all day. Could be shoulder or handbag: Sellier/ retourne 28 phw neutral color
7. A small handbag for Spring/Summer for touring or walking all day: 28 returne kelly pop color
8. A tough bag to take to horse shows to hold a blanket, thermos, etc. that can handle getting dirty: black herbag with black leather

 

[QuelleFromage]

Hmmmm...fun creative challenge! Love shopping for someone else and telling them what to buy

1. A capacious bag for travel - REALLY Capacious? Kelly 50 in a softer leather, dark blue or black (I have a particular bag in mind that I have been wanting as I envision this ) Otherwise I'll say Garden Party 36 in black
2. A structured dressy day bag to wear with a suit. Think funeral, or meeting with my banker or attorney (similar experiences ) - black sellier Kelly 28, or Cherche Midi in a dark neutral
3. A beach bag: I'm going to make you take a print to the beach haha! but you may choose if it's a neutral classic or a playful design Escale in Chaine d'Ancre print to play it safe; for fun the Léopards Nomad tote http://usa.hermes.com/home/beach/be...65219.html?color_hermes=NAVY/FUSCHIA&nuance=2
4. A large day handbag for Fall/Winter: Birkin 35 in Rouge H or Black
5. A large day handbag for Spring/Summer: Birkin 35 in Gold
6. A small-medium bag for Fall/Winter for touring or walking all day. Could be shoulder or handbag: Halzan in Bleu Saphir or retourné Kelly 32/28 in a dark neutral. If you got the Black Birkin then maybe Rouge H for the Kelly.
7. A small handbag for Spring/Summer for touring or walking all day: Kelly 28/25 retourné in your favorite bright that you secretly love - a pink, a green, perhaps Bleu Electrique? You already have a small sellier K in black so this is your pop color bag.
8. A tough bag to take to horse shows to hold a blanket, thermos, etc. that can handle getting dirty: Garden Party 36 in Black (see? you can double this with #1! now you have another bag to choose!)
9/10. Two dressy minaudieres or clutches that will work for evening gowns or flow-y palazzo pants, perhaps one for Fall/Winter, one for Spring/Summer: I can dream here, right? Kelly Cut in black croc, shiny or matte - stunning with even the most formal gown - and Egee/Medor clutch in a pale gray, which you can carry all seasons. But I'll commit some heresy here - H doesn't offer a tiny clutch, so maybe a BV knot as well

 

[pretty99]

love this thread.........here's what i think:
1. A capacious bag for travel: Garden party 50, light weight with fastening and you can throw it around
2. A structured dressy day bag to wear with a suit. Think funeral, or meeting with my banker or attorney (similar experiences ) Sellier K25 or 28 black box PHW (even better guilloche)
3. A beach bag: Sac de Plage in canvas meant to be the beach bag
4. A large day handbag for Fall/Winter: B35 or 40 Indigo Epsom or Barenia combo PHW
5. A large day handbag for Spring/Summer: B35 or 40 leather canvas combo Riga Toile vert fonce...if it's still obtainable
6. A small-medium bag for Fall/Winter for touring or walking all day. Could be shoulder or handbag: K28 Gold or Vert Fonce Clemence/Togo any HW
7. A small handbag for Spring/Summer for touring or walking all day: Constance 24 Etain Swift with Rosegold HW or Craie Swift B25 GHW
8. A tough bag to take to horse shows to hold a blanket, thermos, etc. that can handle getting dirty: Garden party PM black negonda with print lining
9/10. Two dressy minaudieres or clutches that will work for evening gowns or flow-y palazzo pants, perhaps one for Fall/Winter, one for Spring/Summer: Matte black KP PHW and Lisse Marine KC GHW or indigo Lisse Lizard Medor GHW

 

[Nui]

1. A capacious bag for travel
: All leather garden party 36 in black/ gold

2. A structured dressy day bag to wear with a suit. Think funeral, or meeting with my banker or attorney (similar experiences )
: K28 black sellier

3. A beach bag
: Canvas garden party 36

4. A large day handbag for Fall/Winter
: B35/K32 in dark color (blue nuit, etain, prunoir, etc) ghw

5. A large day handbag for Spring/Summer
: B30/K28 in gris t/ rc/ etoupe/ blue e

6. A small-medium bag for Fall/Winter for touring or walking all day. Could be shoulder or handbag
: Evelyne pm in dark colors

7. A small handbag for Spring/Summer for touring or walking all day
: Berline in fun colors

8. A tough bag to take to horse shows to hold a blanket, thermos, etc. that can handle getting dirty
: Canvas garden party 36

9/10. Two dressy minaudieres or clutches that will work for evening gowns or flow-y palazzo pants, perhaps one for Fall/Winter, one for Spring/Summer
: Kelly pochette black croc ghw

 

[ForeverInPink]

Calling all creative and experienced Hermes owners. I have sold my bags and am ready to start over. I need your wisdom and guidance in putting together a collection of no more than 10 Hermes bags that will fulfill all of my wardrobe needs. Can Hermes do all of this? Here is what I need. Colors are up to you:

1. A capacious bag for travel
-Double Sens 45 or maxi

2. A structured dressy day bag to wear with a suit. Think funeral, or meeting with my banker or attorney (similar experiences )
-Kelly 28 or 32

3. A beach bag:
-Canvas Garden Party 36

4. A large day handbag for Fall/Winter:
-leather Bolide, Kelly or Birkin 35

5. A large day handbag for Spring/Summer:
-toile Bolide, Kelly or Birkin 35

6. A small-medium bag for Fall/Winter for touring or walking all day. Could be shoulder or handbag:
-Evelyne or Halzan

7. A small handbag for Spring/Summer for touring or walking all day:
-Evelyne tpm, mini Berline or Halzan pm

8. A tough bag to take to horse shows to hold a blanket, thermos, etc. that can handle getting dirty:
-rocabar or quadrige Garden Party 36

9/10. Two dressy minaudieres or clutches that will work for evening gowns or flow-y palazzo pants, perhaps one for Fall/Winter, one for Spring/Summer:
-Plume 20
-toile Jige

I am classic, and wear Black, Brown, Gray and Taupe in solid colors, mostly monochromatic, but am not opposed to pops of color in bags.

Fun thread! My answers are embedded in the above quote.

 

[Sky love]

This wonderful thread is proof that one can't live on Ks and Bs alone !

 

[prepster]

Oh my gosh, there is SO much talent here! Everyone on this thread should work for Hermes. I have a feeling it will be referenced a lot for anyone trying to put together a collection or capsule wardrobe. Fabulous, fabulous ideas... Ehy12- Love your ideas and your very helpful commentary. Thanks so much! Shiva2009- Your love for Kellys and Birkins shines through your list. Insightful sizing ideas! QuelleFrommage- Awesome wardrobe plan. Perfect combo of sizes, colors and styles. The Cherche is an interesting choice for #2, hadn't thought of that! Pretty99- Love your idea for guilloche for #2. Love your ideas! Nui- Among other things, love the B35 in Etain, Bleu Nuit or Prunoir. Those would all go great with a either a trench, a black coat or a camelhair coat. ForeverInPink- Excellent combinations. The Plume 20 was an inspired choice for #9/10.

 

[LuvBirkin]

1. A capacious bag for travel - Kelly 35?

2. A structured dressy day bag to wear with a suit. Think funeral, or meeting with my banker or attorney (similar experiences ) - Must add school interview here! Kelly 32 black box GHW

3. A beach bag: any Hermes beach bag

4. A large day handbag for Fall/Winter: Kelly 32 black box GHW, Bolide 31 black / etain, Birkin 30 in dark neutral

5. A large day handbag for Spring/Summer: Kelly 32 Blue Hydra PHW, Lindy 26/30 or Bolide 31 Gris T, Garden Party 36 Etoupe toile

6. A small-medium bag for Fall/Winter for touring or walking all day. Could be shoulder or handbag: Kelly 28 or Bolide 31 Blue Nuit PHW


7. A small handbag for Spring/Summer for touring or walking all day: Lindy 26 Blue Paradis PHW

8. A tough bag to take to horse shows to hold a blanket, thermos, etc. that can handle getting dirty: sorry dunno!

9/10. Two dressy minaudieres or clutches that will work for evening gowns or flow-y palazzo pants, perhaps one for Fall/Winter, one for Spring/Summer: Black lizard Egee clutch PHW, Medor clutch Gris T / rose lipstick GHW