@Nerja So sorry you didn’t get an appointment. After our encouraging posts, my sister and I went there in early February. I failed twice before I got one on 7th Feb. My sister didn’t have any shopping history in Europe. She tried three times and got all denied.
Due to my friend’s and my experience last year, it seemed that if you had purchased some items in FSH, it would have a better chance to get an appointment next day. So though I didn’t get one on 6th Feb, I visited the boutique and bought a Charniere bracelet and a pair of sneakers.
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After I finished the shopping, I asked the lovely SA if she could help me to check if there were any canceled appointments of the leather department because we had tried for two days and all failed. She said she was sorry and we had to try again. Some people tried four times to get one. Then we thanked her and left. Luckily, at that night, I got an approved text, an appointment at 11:35 tmr.
My sister still didn’t get one. She didn’t purchase anything on that day either.
I was so excited that night and hardly sleep! All the night, I was thinking all the possible situations and conversations. I prayed I would not meet the SA whom I was assigned last year again. The experience was really a nightmare.
Then the morning finally came.
I arrived at the boutique at 11:10 and went up to the 1st floor directly. I took a look at the leather department. To my surprise, there were not many customers there. It was not swarmed with customers as we were there at 10:30 last year. I also tried to search if the nasty SA were there or not. lol Then I browsed around the Home department, with my sister, absent-mindedly because of the excitement and nerviness.
This was so “torturing” while I was waiting there so I decided to check in with the leather department first. Then I showed the reception the confirmed text I’ve got and my passport. The lady asked me to wait till I got the text saying my SA ready for me. My sister and I waited in the leather department. Less than 5 minutes, I got the text. I showed it to the lady again. She said my SA would be here soon. Then, there she was, walking to us! I did feel relieved when I saw her and thanked God, it was not the same one! Lol
She took me to the corner where my friend got a birkin last year. I wished this was a good sign. After we were all set, no small talk, she directly got to the point. I told her I was looking for a kelly or birkin and showed her my wishlist on my phone. She took a picture of it by hers with my approval and read. I told her this would be my first b/k so I would like to have one in neutral colors, like noir, gold, grey, or dark blue but if there were none of these, I would ONLY want it in Rouge Grenat, Rouge Vif or Rouge Casaque. The sizes I was after were kelly 25/28 or birkin 25/30. I preferred gold hw than palladium one and showed her my gold kelly watch. The leathers I was interested in were Evercolor, Epsom, Taurillion Novillo, or Barenia Faubourg. She asked if this were my first Hermes bag? I said no. I have a bolide and lindy and they are both in bright colors so I would prefer neutral colors for b/k. She then asked which bag I wanted the most? I said kelly 25. Last question, she asked if I need other bags? I said no, only b/k. She quickly read the list again and said, “Quite specific.” Off she went.
We didn’t know how long we had waited. It should be less than 20 minutes, maybe 15 minutes? Time seemed to go slowly while waiting. It was as long as I thought I was going to forget how she looked like. Here she came, with nothing in her hands. She said, “Follow me.” While we were walking to a small room, she said, “it was not kelly 25, but it was on the list!” When we entered the room, I saw three boxes on a sofa. I was so excited.
She brought one box to the table and asked, “Are you ready?” I nodded with a big smile on my face.
Then she opened the box with a slow motion. OMG, it was a kelly 28 in
Rouge Casaque, Evercolor leather with gold hw!!!
The other two boxes were a fourbi and a “boot” bag charm. My sister said the charm is too big for the bag so we declined it and took the fourbi. The fourbi she took were in the wrong size so she was off again to get a right one. While we were waiting in the room, I took this picture and sent it to my friends, asking them about the bag.
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Long story short, we picked up a twilly for the bag downstairs.
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I also got a fox bag charm in the Sevres store and a Charniere bracelet in leather that I had been looking for a long time.
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When I got home, I changed the bag charm to the cap one.
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I finally got my dream bag.
The journey was too wonderful to be true until I received my credit card bill.
Hope you will have your dream come true in Autumn.
