oof yes. Also I don't like the Himalayan croc either. Sorry I know it has so many fans.
What’s your unpopular Hermes opinion?
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Unpopular opinion: you dont have to thank us for letting you share a picture. Some of us dont care for what you share lol. Joking aside…
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When someone resells their bag to be able to afford another Hermes bag...
Not to be too OG, but when I started, there were threads about people buying train wrecks; people who bought well priced resale or high end resale; people who assuaged their guilt about a buying a Birkin buy cutting their Starbucks habit; and people who spent a ton at the boutique. We all hung out in H chat and, the unpopular opinion would be, so long as no one was harming themselves or spending beyond their means to pay, no one caredWhen someone resells their bag to be able to afford another Hermes bag...
@QuelleFromage - OT but I love seeing your new profile picture every time you change it!
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Just because expensive luxury =/= appropriate.
Then again, my unpopular opinion is that (though probably not unpopular at all?) some of us take all these way too seriously. It's not that deep. It's just shopping. It's just bags. Yes - certain customs exist, but for like 99% things when it comes to luxury, I feel like people are creating their own anxiety (whether it's "pre-spend", a minor imperfections, the back-and-forth demystifying/decoding SA's intention, influencers, etc.)
I appreciate the quality and beauty of everything Hermes has to offer. I also love Brides de Gala (which I know has been recycled to death) - this is probably UO! Everything I don't care for, I don't buy. I get it we are in the age of instant gratification, but some of us (myself included) need to relax sometimes. At the end of the day (for most of us) it's just shopping.
Oh, last UO: why are there so many kelly buckles on things. And the big H. I love these logos/emblems, but I have to pause before wearing some of my favorite pieces!
I've gotten pretty good at imagining what the scarf would look like when tied, but as for colorway, I do a double take when the model is Asian, because obviously, hermes put the scarf on an Asian model for pictures because they thought the colors worked nicely on that skin tone (my inner dialogue - and it's 100% true, 50% of the time (Office reference
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Just because expensive luxury =/= appropriate.
Then again, my unpopular opinion is that (though probably not unpopular at all?) some of us take all these way too seriously. It's not that deep. It's just shopping. It's just bags. Yes - certain customs exist, but for like 99% things when it comes to luxury, I feel like people are creating their own anxiety (whether it's "pre-spend", a minor imperfections, the back-and-forth demystifying/decoding SA's intention, influencers, etc.)
I appreciate the quality and beauty of everything Hermes has to offer. I also love Brides de Gala (which I know has been recycled to death) - this is probably UO! Everything I don't care for, I don't buy. I get it we are in the age of instant gratification, but some of us (myself included) need to relax sometimes. At the end of the day (for most of us) it's just shopping.
Oh, last UO: why are there so many kelly buckles on things. And the big H. I love these logos/emblems, but I have to pause before wearing some of my favorite pieces!
These used to be an international site with ALL THE COLORWAYS !
Didnt the US site used to have all the flat colorways? And you could compare all the red (or whatever color you wanted) scarves in all of that seasons patterns etc? Or am I imagining things
. And, there used to be like ten colors of Togo bolide 31s and Evelyn PMs (the popular sizes back then lol). And, walletsgalore. Unpopular opinion : One function of Covid SIP, is it gave H the excuse or the ability to restrict production and availability of popular goods.
There used to be all sorts of leather things on the website. Not sure about being able to search all the red scarves (probably yes), but there was a site ending in ".eu" that had all the colors of every scarf, laid out like the maison des carrés - several website designs ago. You couldn't buy from it, but it was comprehensive and you could see what there was, LIKE NORMAL SHOPPING! God I feel old.Didnt the US site used to have all the flat colorways? And you could compare all the red (or whatever color you wanted) scarves in all of that seasons patterns etc? Or am I imagining things
And all those bags sat around for ages on the site with not a bot to be seen. My UO: I thought the old slightly homespun website with the figures with multiple arms holding all those bags was kinda charming, even though it was beyond clunky to use.Didnt the US site used to have all the flat colorways? And you could compare all the red (or whatever color you wanted) scarves in all of that seasons patterns etc? Or am I imagining things
Curmudgeon here: what is up with these new scarf ideas? I couldn't figure out why the new Harnais scarf didn't seem to relate to the old Ledoux version and then saw 'Cours' and 'Coeur', eye-roll. Ok, whoever sat in the scarf design idea meeting and said ' hey, let's take some of those fusty old designs and replace the elements with hearts and lipsticks; it'll be great!' needs a job reassignment. (That's probably the person who thinks lipsticks and nail polish are a better fit for the title "Projets Carrés" than the fly whips and mors bits d' Origny used in the original but I disagree.)
I'm not insensitive to the concern that some of the old subjects may be dated, even though I don't necessarily always agree with that assessment, but surely there are better ideas.....
I'm not insensitive to the concern that some of the old subjects may be dated, even though I don't necessarily always agree with that assessment, but surely there are better ideas.....
Oh I cannot agree with this more. I love the kelly buckle on boots but I really don't think it needs to be on sandals or sneakers and loafers is also a stretch! I'm just not a fan of how it juts up into the air and I worry it'll catch on something when walking.
Today's unpopular opinion is maybe more about resellers and influencers than H per se:
A 10 or 15 year old bag is NOT vintage. Vintage for fashion is at least 20 years old, preferably 25+ years. If the bag is from this century, it ain't vintage. I'd say "it's just old" but the good thing about Hermès is that it holds up, so I figure bags go straight from modern to vintage.
Personally I don't really consider H vintage unless it's from the 70s or earlier, given how old the maison is and that they've been making handbags for 100 years.
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A 10 or 15 year old bag is NOT vintage. Vintage for fashion is at least 20 years old, preferably 25+ years. If the bag is from this century, it ain't vintage. I'd say "it's just old"
but the good thing about Hermès is that it holds up, so I figure bags go straight from modern to vintage.Personally I don't really consider H vintage unless it's from the 70s or earlier, given how old the maison is and that they've been making handbags for 100 years.
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Agree with you! For collectors, it is retro, vintage, antique, and antiquity - in that order. Retro items are from 1970s onwards and vintage items from 1960s to 1900s.Today's unpopular opinion is maybe more about resellers and influencers than H per se:
A 10 or 15 year old bag is NOT vintage. Vintage for fashion is at least 20 years old, preferably 25+ years. If the bag is from this century, it ain't vintage. I'd say "it's just old"
Personally I don't really consider H vintage unless it's from the 70s or earlier, given how old the maison is and that they've been making handbags for 100 years.
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My unpopular opinion: don’t hate the player, hate the game.
1- I find it silly to scoff at clients who get upset over not getting certain bags when others are getting them.
Not appreciating being lied to is an evolutionary mechanism. Detecting cheaters and liars (not referring to H staff in particular here, but more broadly) is a key adaptive social feature. The research on the effect of lies on both the person telling an untruth and the person receiving it seems to indicate pretty clearly that it’s not healthy for either. I would not want to be a H SA.
The lack of transparency on H’s part regarding stock can be detrimental to very vulnerable people. And encouraging opacity and untruth, and therefore confusion, is a deliberate act on H’s part. When clients get on the internet in tears about interactions at H stores, I don’t think they’re the problem. They’re reacting very understandably to a psychologically stressful situation of both dishonesty (which feels dangerous, from a survival standpoint, even though we’re not in caves anymore) and exclusion from a brand they want to engage with through specific items, thus becoming a specific “type” of client in their own minds (humans don’t like being rejected from an in-group for obvious reasons).
Anyway, yes it’s just a bag, but H deliberately tries to make it so much more, playing on the larger cultural context and causing harm in some cases. It can’t be healthy, for example, for a newly postpartum mother to be stressed out over a store. But that’s the game, and that’s what she values. I don’t judge.
2- Similarly, getting annoyed at resellers seems like misdirected snark. They’re not the ones creating scarcity. They’re not the obstacle here. H policy is.
3- I suspect that a lot of people who “love” Bs and Ks would not purchase them if they were not associated with H and its prestige as a brand. If one hates 3 out of 5 features of a bag but still wants one quite badly, perhaps the branding is doing a lot of the lifting.
4- A lot of H bag designs are . . . odd-looking. And not in a good way.
5- There’s nothing special about the Constance design. Not a thing. It’s a lovely bag, but again, here I think branding is doing a ton of the heavy lifting.
6- Although many find it ‘muddy’, Étoupe looks great against some shades of brown skin, creating an off-nude effect that’s neutral but very striking. It wasn’t even on my radar until I tried it on.
With that said, I appreciate the quality of Hermès and will likely continue to purchase. I love a well-made item, and I love luxury items. H seems to be one of the places where those two criteria overlap, while many other brands continue to roll downhill.
1- I find it silly to scoff at clients who get upset over not getting certain bags when others are getting them.
Not appreciating being lied to is an evolutionary mechanism. Detecting cheaters and liars (not referring to H staff in particular here, but more broadly) is a key adaptive social feature. The research on the effect of lies on both the person telling an untruth and the person receiving it seems to indicate pretty clearly that it’s not healthy for either. I would not want to be a H SA.
The lack of transparency on H’s part regarding stock can be detrimental to very vulnerable people. And encouraging opacity and untruth, and therefore confusion, is a deliberate act on H’s part. When clients get on the internet in tears about interactions at H stores, I don’t think they’re the problem. They’re reacting very understandably to a psychologically stressful situation of both dishonesty (which feels dangerous, from a survival standpoint, even though we’re not in caves anymore) and exclusion from a brand they want to engage with through specific items, thus becoming a specific “type” of client in their own minds (humans don’t like being rejected from an in-group for obvious reasons).
Anyway, yes it’s just a bag, but H deliberately tries to make it so much more, playing on the larger cultural context and causing harm in some cases. It can’t be healthy, for example, for a newly postpartum mother to be stressed out over a store. But that’s the game, and that’s what she values. I don’t judge.
2- Similarly, getting annoyed at resellers seems like misdirected snark. They’re not the ones creating scarcity. They’re not the obstacle here. H policy is.
3- I suspect that a lot of people who “love” Bs and Ks would not purchase them if they were not associated with H and its prestige as a brand. If one hates 3 out of 5 features of a bag but still wants one quite badly, perhaps the branding is doing a lot of the lifting.
4- A lot of H bag designs are . . . odd-looking. And not in a good way.
5- There’s nothing special about the Constance design. Not a thing. It’s a lovely bag, but again, here I think branding is doing a ton of the heavy lifting.
6- Although many find it ‘muddy’, Étoupe looks great against some shades of brown skin, creating an off-nude effect that’s neutral but very striking. It wasn’t even on my radar until I tried it on.
With that said, I appreciate the quality of Hermès and will likely continue to purchase. I love a well-made item, and I love luxury items. H seems to be one of the places where those two criteria overlap, while many other brands continue to roll downhill.
My latest unpopular opinion is not being able to simply just walk into the boutique and ask for and be able to purchase a non qb. Why does H make things so complicated for non qb? These are not bags requiring 20 plus hours to make. I found it extremely refreshing walking into a Chanel boutique not long ago and asking to see bags. There were drawers and drawers of them that I could look at as well as fully stocked shelves. I want to be able to see and touch and try on something before I buy it. Those display cases at H are helpful to some extent but they don’t show all the colors or leathers or sizes. It’s such a turn off to have to be put on some wait list not knowing if and when a bag will show up.