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#9,062
Hermes_Collector89 said:
Am I the only one who does not care for the Cityback? ...
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I'm really glad you posted this, because I've been mulling over a cityback for the past year or so, just waiting for the right color. But the whole time, in the back of my head, I've kind of thought of it's not going to be a great bag, and you've expressed in words the vague feeling I've had.

One of things Hermes strangely did, was only partially structure the outer flap. Even in one of their stock photo, you can see two odd indents in the leather (my red circles). If they can't even get it perfect in their stock photos, what hope do we mere mortals have in real life with random bulky objects sticking in there?

And in some stores with it on display, in my blue circles area I've started to see the back really slouch, and start folding back on itself, which doesn't look very great. Though the sturdier epsom leather versions seems to hold up better from what I've seen.

The lack of pockets is frustrating, especially for a backpack which NEEDS at least one side pocket. Doubly frustrating is that they have the small zipper, which could have been a good side pocket for a wallet/keys/etc, but it's not. Hermes has never done pockets well in general, but most of their bags you can stick put an insert in them and be just fine. This one you can't.

This bag really is a form over function, which is a shame.

Anyway, I think you've convinced me not to get one (which is great!).

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#9,063
qubed said:
I'm really glad you posted this, because I've been mulling over a cityback for the past year or so, just waiting for the right color. But the whole time, in the back of my head, I've kind of thought of it's not going to be a great bag, and you've expressed in words the vague feeling I've had.

One of things Hermes strangely did, was only partially structure the outer flap. Even in one of their stock photo, you can see two odd indents in the leather (my red circles). If they can't even get it perfect in their stock photos, what hope do we mere mortals have in real life with random bulky objects sticking in there?

And in some stores with it on display, in my blue circles area I've started to see the back really slouch, and start folding back on itself, which doesn't look very great. Though the sturdier epsom leather versions seems to hold up better from what I've seen.

The lack of pockets is frustrating, especially for a backpack which NEEDS at least one side pocket. Doubly frustrating is that they have the small zipper, which could have been a good side pocket for a wallet/keys/etc, but it's not. Hermes has never done pockets well in general, but most of their bags you can stick put an insert in them and be just fine. This one you can't.

This bag really is a form over function, which is a shame.

Anyway, I think you've convinced me not to get one (which is great!).

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Glad I was able to help. I just was not satisfied by the design of the bag. I love backpacks so when I saw Hermes came out with one, I almost fainted. It is very sleek and cool; however, the functionality of it just did not work for me and my use case.
 
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qubed said:
I'm really glad you posted this, because I've been mulling over a cityback for the past year or so, just waiting for the right color. But the whole time, in the back of my head, I've kind of thought of it's not going to be a great bag, and you've expressed in words the vague feeling I've had.

One of things Hermes strangely did, was only partially structure the outer flap. Even in one of their stock photo, you can see two odd indents in the leather (my red circles). If they can't even get it perfect in their stock photos, what hope do we mere mortals have in real life with random bulky objects sticking in there?

And in some stores with it on display, in my blue circles area I've started to see the back really slouch, and start folding back on itself, which doesn't look very great. Though the sturdier epsom leather versions seems to hold up better from what I've seen.

The lack of pockets is frustrating, especially for a backpack which NEEDS at least one side pocket. Doubly frustrating is that they have the small zipper, which could have been a good side pocket for a wallet/keys/etc, but it's not. Hermes has never done pockets well in general, but most of their bags you can stick put an insert in them and be just fine. This one you can't.

This bag really is a form over function, which is a shame.

Anyway, I think you've convinced me not to get one (which is great!).

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the Cityback you posted is made of taurillon maurice, which is like a thinner and flatter version of clemence. Dear @Ulf has posted his own a while ago and indeed it does that thing you pointed out
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Compared to the taurillon cristobal version which I have seen in real life and it is quite structured. And I love the way the straps hug my shoulders:
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(I just tried it on.)

Also, I talked to the guy who designed the Cityback, Pierre-Yves Labey, about the lack of pockets. He said if he added one more pocket the cost would rise exponentially--and it's an already expensive backpack.

Despite the lack of pockets I still want one. I think it's the first decent backpack for men that H produced and I think I can make it work. I'll give a review once I get my own :)
 
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#9,065
allanrvj said:
the Cityback you posted is made of taurillon maurice, which is like a thinner and flatter version of clemence. Dear @Ulf has posted his own a while ago and indeed it does that thing you pointed out
img_2454-jpg.4090074

Compared to the taurillon cristobal version which I have seen in real life and it is quite structured. And I love the way the straps hug my shoulders:
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(I just tried it on.)

Also, I talked to the guy who designed the Cityback, Pierre-Yves Labey, about the lack of pockets. He said if he added one more pocket the cost would rise exponentially--and it's an already expensive backpack.

Despite the lack of pockets I still want one. I think it's the first decent backpack for men that H produced and I think I can make it work. I'll give a review once I get my own :smile:
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It looks good on you! I will say I did love the way the straps hugged the body. that was very very comfortable. Probably my favorite feature of the bag
 
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allanrvj said:
Also, I talked to the guy who designed the Cityback, Pierre-Yves Labey, about the lack of pockets. He said if he added one more pocket the cost would rise exponentially--and it's an already expensive backpack.

Despite the lack of pockets I still want one. I think it's the first decent backpack for men that H produced and I think I can make it work. I'll give a review once I get my own :smile:
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I kind of suspected there was no pocket cause of the extra $$ it would be.

I look forward to your review, maybe you can convince me to change my mind again :smile:
 
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#9,070
That is a multiple of 6 compared exotic Bs, Cs or Ks.
In marketing terms that is good practice: high enough to reduce demand yet low enough to sell.


Has anyone seen an exotic Bastia?
 
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