What’s your unpopular Hermes opinion?
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This is how my sister "met" her SA for the first time. We were just browsing, as we were on a vacation. And he looked at her and commented how she was wearing it "the right way," not like all the others who has H facing out. We chatted a bit after that and it was the beginning of spending way too much money at that particular store next few years from then.
Now my very unpopular opinion is...
I do not like Birkins. Well, I actually kind of like it on men but I find it rather ugly on ladies. Perhaps my reason is that a B looks nothing feminine and I guess I really don't like these "masculine" looking bags.
I do prefer how it looks with the flap tucked in and open. BUT then at the same time, I'm thinking why in the world they have this useless flap if nobody uses it.
If you are not shocked enough yet, I especially do not like what seems like everyone's favorite Bs, which are black, gold, and etoupe.
The Plume is my favorite Hermes bag.
Most H bags (Kellys in particular) look very bad dressed down (e.g. with athleisure, sneakers).
The giant H on the Constance makes it look extremely tacky.
Most H bags (Kellys in particular) look very bad dressed down (e.g. with athleisure, sneakers).
The giant H on the Constance makes it look extremely tacky.
hermes does that? gives to influencers? yikes
About Hermes design:
- Constance H buckle is too big
- Croc for bags bigger than 30 looks disgusting especially shiny
ones
- New Kelly Depeches design looks inferior to the original, why bother redesigning this?
- Ardennes and Vache Trekking are far more superior than many present leathers
- Box and Barenia should be allowed for A La Carte order!
For users:
I love seeing people tastefully enjoying H items and not ones who just wait to resell after done showing off. So the following irks me out;
- stickers on hardware
- twillies on handles for protection purpose
- turning perforated H of Evelyn out for the world to see
- bringing B/K to evening events
#ew
- Constance H buckle is too big
- Croc for bags bigger than 30 looks disgusting especially shiny
ones
- New Kelly Depeches design looks inferior to the original, why bother redesigning this?
- Ardennes and Vache Trekking are far more superior than many present leathers
- Box and Barenia should be allowed for A La Carte order!
For users:
I love seeing people tastefully enjoying H items and not ones who just wait to resell after done showing off. So the following irks me out;
- stickers on hardware
- twillies on handles for protection purpose
- turning perforated H of Evelyn out for the world to see
- bringing B/K to evening events
#ew
Ditto, I hate epsom!
ughh same.
Really is! Someone mentioned that is looks like a wheelchair and now I cant unseen it
I'm torn about the whole bag charms/twillies on handles/bag decoration debate. I think that there are some bags, people, bag colors, and bag sizes that can pull it off. I think there are some that cannot. In general, the bag decorations that tend to be most endearing to me are the ones, a la Jane Birkin herself (her stickers, beads, etc. that she uses for her own Birkin), that add an element of idiosyncratic personal flair. If the whole arrangement seems too "precious", "perfect", or "gussied up", it adds discomfort instead of the opposite...and comfort, no matter the price point or material, is what makes something seem attractive and well executed.
Oh that’s horrible especially if she is a v close friend. So sorry that happened to you.
My out-of-town close friend (and H fan) sometimes come with me on my H shopping and one time her sister in law came along and kept bugging my SA for a quota bag. My SA was nice to her and showed her some other things she said she wanted (but she actually didn’t). She just kept pointing to my K25 and saying that’s what I want.
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* Birkins / Kellies are not evening bags. I have been to many events where people wear their exotic Birkins (or even regular ones) with evening gowns. It just doesn’t go. Bring a clutch. That’s what they are for.
* I am not a big fan of bag charms for professional women. Although it doesn’t bother me per se, they look childish to me. I will say I have started wearing twillies on a fairly light-colored Kelly because I know those handles would look terrible very quickly otherwise, so who knows, maybe Rodeos are in my future, too.
* The game of having to buy something just to be offered a chance to spend even more money on a bag drives me mad. I think it is déclassé. I know it is more prevalent in some countries (and the people who live there don’t have an option but to comply), but it’s just so crazy.
* I am not a big fan of bag charms for professional women. Although it doesn’t bother me per se, they look childish to me. I will say I have started wearing twillies on a fairly light-colored Kelly because I know those handles would look terrible very quickly otherwise, so who knows, maybe Rodeos are in my future, too.
* The game of having to buy something just to be offered a chance to spend even more money on a bag drives me mad. I think it is déclassé. I know it is more prevalent in some countries (and the people who live there don’t have an option but to comply), but it’s just so crazy.
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The Lindy is on my wishlist but this made me laugh.
Lindy has grown on me. However, when I first learned of its existence, I thought it was the oddest thing I ever saw. Why did they scrunch up the bag was my initial reaction, which I’m sure all those who sees it for the first time felt.
My sis used to call Lindy a Yakult bag. The tiny little refreshing drinks in Asian cultures. Not that it resembles the drink bottle but Lindy looks somewhat like the bag supplied to the Yakult delivery ladies along with their distinctive uniforms in South Korea where we were born. These ajoomas used to carry the bulky bag filled with the drinks and did their delivery routes everyday on foot.
But now I secretly want one in mini.
My sis used to call Lindy a Yakult bag. The tiny little refreshing drinks in Asian cultures. Not that it resembles the drink bottle but Lindy looks somewhat like the bag supplied to the Yakult delivery ladies along with their distinctive uniforms in South Korea where we were born. These ajoomas used to carry the bulky bag filled with the drinks and did their delivery routes everyday on foot.
But now I secretly want one in mini.
My DH calls Lindy’s design a toaster box [emoji6]