The Worst Hermes Color EVER!?

matt-g · Feb 7, 2012

Perigord said:
Olive is my cherished neutral! My olive bolide and my olive barenia are beloved.

Yup--a good thing we do not all like the same colors! In this case, Costa and I can have all the olives.....

The bags are yours. Expect competition for the small leather goods. :smile1:

Olive is one of my favorites, too. And I think menthe is pretty, too. There was a menthe passport cover on the French H.com site and if they'd have shipped it to the US I'd have picked it up.

jmen · Feb 7, 2012

One color that hasn't been shredded yet is havanne.

Am green with envy of those who own the color olive. Sigh.

pierina2 · Feb 7, 2012

Perigord said:
I may be an olive and etain loving color phobe, but I know when someone rocks something and makes it all hers, in a beautiful way.

Part of the fun of Hermes.

Thank you once again, and I agree - there's something for everyone in the H color palette!

thyme · Feb 7, 2012

don't think there is a worst H colour for me at all but as much as I like some colours such as kiwi and lime, I just could not see myself carrying bags in these colours!

Hermes Nuttynut · Feb 7, 2012

xiangxiang0731 said:
I must be the minority on TPF but I really don't like etain! *ducking right now!* I just find it very cold and concrete looking. No amount of hardware will light it up for me.

Les Tambours said:
Nope, I'm with you - etain seems hardly a colour at all for me - more like a smudge from a minor metal in the periodic table. A non-colour. I think you are spot on with the 'concrete'. Alezan was also a visual disaster, together with curry and gold is sooooo boring. I don't like ciel either because it is so washed out and poussiere is another wash out woe. OOps - starting to rant - apologies if I've hurt anyone's feelings. Not enough decent reds in the repertoir. Less pink, more red

And lagoon doesn't have to 'go' or match with anything - a fabulous colour like that is a highlight that shouldn't need any complementing or competing with.

Agree with both on etain. It's dull looking. Industrial concrete. Just my 2¢

sparklelisab · Feb 7, 2012

Les Tambours said:
Nope, I'm with you - etain seems hardly a colour at all for me - more like a smudge from a minor metal in the periodic table. A non-colour. I think you are spot on with the 'concrete'. Alezan was also a visual disaster, together with curry and gold is sooooo boring. I don't like ciel either because it is so washed out and poussiere is another wash out woe. OOps - starting to rant - apologies if I've hurt anyone's feelings. Not enough decent reds in the repertoir. Less pink, more red

And lagoon doesn't have to 'go' or match with anything - a fabulous colour like that is a highlight that shouldn't need any complementing or competing with.

I adore Alezan and own a gorgeous Birkin in that "wet cardboard" color and curry could be a grail color for me! Gold is sheer class. I think I might be attracted to "non-colors" since I also love Rouge H and the color of concrete! laughing

LamborghiniGirl · Feb 7, 2012

I'm probably in the minority, but I can't think of a color I'd refuse, if someone gave me a Birkin as a gift! :hbeat:

There are colors I'd prioritize first, but very few I'd refuse.

rollinsband2002 · Feb 7, 2012

Me too! I can't think of a single H color I'd turn down if Hermes was inspired to give me one... :graucho:

Perigord · Feb 7, 2012

matt-g said:
The bags are yours. Expect competition for the small leather goods. Olive is one of my favorites, too. And I think menthe is pretty, too. There was a menthe passport cover on the French H.com site and if they'd have shipped it to the US I'd have picked it up.

LOL...I STILL deeply regret selling an olive bearn in box--it was incredible and I was afraid of box in SLGs.

Bribe someone in France to buy the passport cover and ship it to you! I was in France recently and I have never, ever seen so few small leathers in every category.

Sorry everyone. OT!!

At times I think we should give this thread a subtitle. Like 'BUT...BUT...I LOVE THAT COLOR."

Perigord · Feb 7, 2012

Hermes Nuttynut said:
Agree with both on etain. It's dull looking. Industrial concrete. Just my 2¢

Hah! Industrial concrete! How could all of you!!!! I simply find etain so sophisticated. Some people (sniff) just don't understand!

Of course I will not test things by tossing my etain kelly into the nearest river to see if it sinks like concrete.....

crazyforhermes · Feb 7, 2012

Perigord said:
Hah! Industrial concrete! How could all of you!!!! I simply find etain so sophisticated. Some people (sniff) just don't understand!

Of course I will not test things by tossing my etain kelly into the nearest river to see if it sinks like concrete.....

You might have to lock up your étain kelly .....

Perigord · Feb 7, 2012

crazyforhermes said:
You might have to lock up your étain kelly .....

Dear crazyforhermes.... At least you understand the etain part of me!

lilith1 · Feb 7, 2012

sparklelisab said:
I adore Alezan and own a gorgeous Birkin in that "wet cardboard" color and curry could be a grail color for me! Gold is sheer class. I think I might be attracted to "non-colors" since I also love Rouge H and the color of concrete! laughing

I am another "non-color" fan. My collection consists of gold, chocolate, black, rouge H and my new splash of non-color etoupe! :laugh:

sparklelisab · Feb 7, 2012

lilith1 said:
I am another "non-color" fan. My collection consists of gold, chocolate, black, rouge H and my new splash of non-color etoupe!

:lolots::lolots: :smooch:

Guffaw!!! What a rebel rouser with that concretey cementy color!!

dharma · Feb 7, 2012

This thread is hysterical! As the owner of two chocolate bags, Togo and box, it seems strange to me that such a "normal" leather color can inspire such disdain :laugh:

I also adore etain and olive and toundra.....oh well.

I can't really think of any color that is awful although there are many I would never carry, even as a gift, but I admire them on others. Except maybe bluejean :laugh: