in the course of the drama of my flight adventure last week from canada, my poor little purse took a bashing and i noticed once we got home that a thread had popped. today i went over to hermes nyc with my purse, not knowing if they would have to send it to paris, or charge me $500 or what.
i didn't see anyone at the service desk so i asked at the counter and was told that pierre was in (not claude though) and he was on the 3rd floor. i took the elevator up and asked a very friendly SA for pierre and he went over to a door and knocked (i think it may be locked from the inside) and after a while it opened a little and he stuck his head in, pulled his head back out, the door closed and he told me that pierre would be right with me.
i waited maybe 2 minutes - long enough to turn around and see the custom bicycle they have up there. not bad. then the door opened and pierre greeted me from inside what turned out to be a small work studio. he was dressed as well as the SAs, very polished, but was sitting on a bar stool at a high table with tools and supplies before him. on several shelves along one wall were bolts of leather, every kind of leather in every imaginable color. nevermind the stitch in my bag, my eyes popped. i held up my bag and explained. he took it and turned to the table, picked up this tool and then that tool, it took maybe 4 or 5 minutes, and then he turned around and handed it back to me, voila, all done. no charge, no delay. THAT is why hermes is "worth it" to me.
i didn't see anyone at the service desk so i asked at the counter and was told that pierre was in (not claude though) and he was on the 3rd floor. i took the elevator up and asked a very friendly SA for pierre and he went over to a door and knocked (i think it may be locked from the inside) and after a while it opened a little and he stuck his head in, pulled his head back out, the door closed and he told me that pierre would be right with me.
i waited maybe 2 minutes - long enough to turn around and see the custom bicycle they have up there. not bad. then the door opened and pierre greeted me from inside what turned out to be a small work studio. he was dressed as well as the SAs, very polished, but was sitting on a bar stool at a high table with tools and supplies before him. on several shelves along one wall were bolts of leather, every kind of leather in every imaginable color. nevermind the stitch in my bag, my eyes popped. i held up my bag and explained. he took it and turned to the table, picked up this tool and then that tool, it took maybe 4 or 5 minutes, and then he turned around and handed it back to me, voila, all done. no charge, no delay. THAT is why hermes is "worth it" to me.
