Omg I just dug out some bags to check and I am mind blown! How did you notice it?
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Not sure how true this is but my SA told me that the first bag Hermes artisans learn to make is a Birkin. She also said Constance is actually the hardest bag to make.
I know that Hermes pays attention to details and quality. I like its shopping bag and my curiosity makes me want to look at it closely.
Did you only find one on each side of the shipping bag? I looked everywhere and can only find one on each side.I know that Hermes pays attention to details and quality. I like its shopping bag and my curiosity makes me want to look at it closely.
Oh dear, I’m now going to have to explain to DH why I’m spending the evening staring at a carrier bag!!
Jane Birkin (who the bag is named after) is currently on her 5th birkin. She uses only one at a time and decorates it with stickers and charms.
Considering she's had one since the mid-80s and that's one of her very few bags (besides her famous woven baskets in the Summer) a pretty good testament to the Birkin's durability.
Just following up on the Togo drummed vs stamped thing:
Yes! I forgot about that one! It’s so cool.
As I recall, the original Bolide in the FSH museum is quite a small bag - definitely a handbag, not a travel bag. (Can anyone confirm this? I don't always trust my memory.)
1920s advert
The original Bugatti was shaped like 1923 Bolide (and 1923 Web Bolide) perhaps the one at the museum was the first to make it the newer shape with less pronounced 'shoulder'. I have 1 original 1923 shape and 2 the newer shape.
My 5 year old and I made a game out of it and we found at least 4 on one side! My husband thought we were hilarious.
I think the museum bag was the first handbag version of the Bugatti; my recollection is that the larger version with the ‘squared shoulders’ was the travel bag and Madame wanted/was gifted the handbag/smaller version. I recall the bag as being in the 28 - 31 size range and a little closer to the current ’web’ style but not exactly the same. HTH!
OK, but that makes the travel version the original 'Bugatti', the first recorded bag to use a zipper.
Similarly the Plume blanket case wasn't a 28cm handbag until the mid-60s at the request of Deneuve, or the HAC cut to a 35cm coupe 'Birkin' in the mid-'80s. The point is, these bags already existed before they became women's sac de main.
