What’s your unpopular Hermes opinion?
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My UO is I will look as smart as the JRT, cute as the puppy and noble as the Great Dane.
My U.P If hermes can make cool 'jewellery' like this for dogs why oh why do they insist on doing basic stuff as costume jewellery for humans.....The silly handbag pendants belong in christmas crackers
I'm almost tempted to measure my neck and buy this btw.
UO, many of us still adore H just as you do @haute okole, but for many more so now than before
the pre-spend is over the top. The cost per wear doesn't always enter the picture, because if we
love it we buy it, but when styles are repeated & the price tag goes up a good 20% maybe more,
the H client is likely going to take a step or two back to reflect.
Yes, H wants to attract new, young, aspirational buyers, but these price points are not becoming
comfort zones. Quality as times is questionable as well
SA's are already commenting, mine did today & they are concerned. Inventory may change, as they say
they are dealing with potential tariffs & taxes & overall increases for H after the first of the year reportedly
& concerned about how clients if & will continue to spend.
The new Hermes pencil sharpener is priced at $130 making it likely the most expensive lip/eye pencil
sharpener that I've come across, not that it isn't nice, but that price is over the top & I do love
the Hermes lip pencils & at some point they will have to be sharpened but guessing my Tom Ford will work, JMO
UO: not a fan of Pierre Hardy jewelry and shoes. If the dog collar was designed by someone else, maybe it’s time for a change ?
A Kelly or a Birkin every TWO years, the way Hermes seems to dispense them to the masses, is good enough for me ☺️
For some reason, the way K25s/K28s retourne appear in pictures always looks so odd to me. It must be the dimensions and the ratio that're throwing me off, and my reaction is always kind of "ehh ugh". And this is coming from someone who's first choice was a K28 retourne! (haha) It just looks amazing in person but don't know what it is about the pictures; just goes to show we can't base our decisions on photos alone.
And not a problem with sellier and 32/above - those look great in photos and in person.
And not a problem with sellier and 32/above - those look great in photos and in person.
Hardy didn't design the handbag pendants and he only does the occasional shoe. He started designing the jewellery when the Niloticus and Gallop collection came out around 2010. He doesn't design all of it even now. You can almost tell the Hardy design shoes because they look very art deco.
I wish Hardy designed all the shoes/boots, they'd be a lot better.
It does look like it came from a Christmas cracker.
I guess they're quite useful if you lose the top hat, iron or scottie dog from your Monopoly board game. Especially if you have a couple of hotels in Mayfair or Park Lane
To be fair I kinda love them and they would make a fun and contemporary spin on the “Victorian perfume diffuser”.
Instead of something like this… you could have a miniature bag to “carry” your perfume.
But maybe that’s just me (kinda wish H stuck a volcanic stone inside the mini bag to make it possible) 🤣
Come on H! Make it happen
To be fair I kinda love them and they would make a fun and contemporary spin on the “Victorian perfume diffuser”.
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Instead of something like this… you could have a miniature bag to “carry” your perfume.
But maybe that’s just me (kinda wish H stuck a volcanic stone inside the mini bag to make it possible) 🤣
Come on H! Make it happen
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I take the bottle!
I would be more worried about sagging or wrinkling on me than on my bags 
Big slouch (assuming it’s appropriate to the bags character) doesn’t really bother me, but I like sellier.
Big slouch (assuming it’s appropriate to the bags character) doesn’t really bother me, but I like sellier.
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UO: I see more frankenstein SO bags than a nice combination.
Maybe it's just me... oh well. But verso is perfect though.
Maybe it's just me... oh well. But verso is perfect though.
UO: everyone has their own preferences and tastes, that’s the beauty of a special order. Glad the world is a little less boring!
UO: Most of the masses don’t even know what a Birkin or a Kelly look like. They may have heard of them but when looking one in the face, they would not recognize it.
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Totally agree with you. My kids friends are always telling me my bags are so pretty (they don’t give a hoot it’s a Kelly or a birkin they just think they are pretty cause they are!).
My uo - I don’t get why people rag on the cashmere quality, all of mine has held up so well but my silk!!! Ugh. I have multiple silk shirts, some new, and the discolorations they get is alarming. I am not buying any more but am sad because I loved the colors and patterns.