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What is your latest Hermes purchase?
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Thank you so very much! Can't wait to take her outCongratulations! It's very unique. So happy for you. Enjoy!!!
So today i purchase my first Hermès item and it is a calvi in the color Abricot. I was very lucky that they had it in the color and in Epsom leather because thats the exact one i wanted. Since they ignored me in the LV store i went to Hermès and it was the best decision. And I love how they treated me in the store .
This is gorgeous!! ♥️♥️ I’m not a Kelly girl (B all the way) but this made my heart skip a beat! Congrats on an amazing find!
Congrats on your purchase! I've only started shopping at Hermes this year so I'm not a long-term customer, but I've always been treated so wonderfully in Hermes stores - the SAs were unfailingly polite, helpful and friendly.
New Voltige sneakers in black!
I had to go up half a size—Hermès sizing is quite inconsistent.
I love them!!
I have my eye on those too! Thanks fo rth emodeling pics. I seem to prefer the mens options for sneakers =)
And since I wear a 40/41, I can find my size! Those are killer! Run small?
I absolutely love them!
In my experience, they do run small. I’m usually a 43 (9 Gucci) and these are 43 1/2 (and I don’t have any room to spare!).
I am almost twins, different hardware though.
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I found this treasure on a private online auction. There weren't many bidders and I eventually got it for "only" 1150usd. Can you believe it? A Crocodile Kelly 28 from before 1945 (as there is no date code)
This was the sellers main picture:
It arrived a day later at my doorstep, and the first surprise was that the bag was still in its original dustbag. And the seller just packed it in a used Birkin 35 Box, which i was looking for anyway to store the Birkin I recently bought in. And people pay hundreds of dollars for just for a box like that online!
So I started off by conditioning the bag with some leather wax conditioner, and let it sit for a few hours:
It had uniformly smoothened the leather a bit. I proceeded to polish the hardware. I'm including a before and after image of the hardware so you can see what difference it made:
Also some scales were basically falling off the sides, so I gently glued them back into place with a special leather glue (That can be removed with induced heat if needed at a later point). I did the same for seperated leather pieces, that probably had deteriorated glue residue inside and were once sewn together. But since some threading was lose, there were gaps and that was an easy fix to just glue them back closed. It can be sewn back together at a later point anyway if desired. But for now this is a totally sufficient solution. I tried to be as gentle as possible and not to leave and visible marks of touch-up all around.
The final results speak for themselves. I think it still has the same "untouched" vintage feel to it but arranging it properly. Instead of leaving it to slouch like the previous owner did, I fulfilled the purpose of what a sellier Kelly is supposed to look like, and am now forcing it back into the original shape. If it was a retourne I would not have minded whatsoever, but this just looked wrong on a sellier. So these are the final shots of the almost 100 year old piece:
I hope you enjoyed this quick post of my very special find.
This was the sellers main picture:
It arrived a day later at my doorstep, and the first surprise was that the bag was still in its original dustbag. And the seller just packed it in a used Birkin 35 Box, which i was looking for anyway to store the Birkin I recently bought in. And people pay hundreds of dollars for just for a box like that online!
So I started off by conditioning the bag with some leather wax conditioner, and let it sit for a few hours:
It had uniformly smoothened the leather a bit. I proceeded to polish the hardware. I'm including a before and after image of the hardware so you can see what difference it made:
Also some scales were basically falling off the sides, so I gently glued them back into place with a special leather glue (That can be removed with induced heat if needed at a later point). I did the same for seperated leather pieces, that probably had deteriorated glue residue inside and were once sewn together. But since some threading was lose, there were gaps and that was an easy fix to just glue them back closed. It can be sewn back together at a later point anyway if desired. But for now this is a totally sufficient solution. I tried to be as gentle as possible and not to leave and visible marks of touch-up all around.
The final results speak for themselves. I think it still has the same "untouched" vintage feel to it but arranging it properly. Instead of leaving it to slouch like the previous owner did, I fulfilled the purpose of what a sellier Kelly is supposed to look like, and am now forcing it back into the original shape. If it was a retourne I would not have minded whatsoever, but this just looked wrong on a sellier. So these are the final shots of the almost 100 year old piece:
I hope you enjoyed this quick post of my very special find.
Thanks for sharing! What a find!!
May I ask what you used to polish the hardware? Looks great after!