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The Hermes Kelly bag: A history and comprehensive guide to the Hermes Kelly bag
THE HISTORY
In 1837 Thierry Hermes opened up a harness workshop in Paris and Hermes became renowned for being one of the best saddlers. Over the years they expanded into producing leather bags from which to feed horses and then luckily for us on to bags for humans!
Inspiration for both the Hermes Kelly and Birkin bags can be traced back to 1982. They are both the development of a large bag named the Haut à courroies – known as such because of its high handle. The “HAC” bag was originally produced for cavalry solders to store their boots and saddles in. Still around but rarely seen the Hermes HAC bags have been referred to by one blogger as the “Unicorn of Hermes bags” as they are so rarely seen. This could be due to the fact that they are a pretty impressive size and weight – especially once full, arguably not the most practical of weekend bags. ANYWAY thou shall not insult Hermes…
In 1922, Émile-Maurice Hermès and Ettore Bugatti designed a simple bag for Hermès's wife Julie who had complained that she could not find a bag to her liking. A few years later in the 1930s, Hermès's son-in-law Robert Dumas redesigned this as a spacious travel bag and named it the Sac à dépêches. It was a sharp contrast to the purses of the time, which were small and flat envelope style pieces.
In 1954, the costume designer for the film “How to Catch a thief” starring Grace Kelly purchased Hermès accessories. The American actress who went on to become the Princess of Monaco loved the design of the bag and commissioned six to be made in different colours. Two years later in 1956 whilst pregnant with her daughter the bag she brought along shielded her from paparazzi. After featuring in various magazine shoots and paparazzi shots the bag soon started to be referred to as the “The Kelly bag” however it was not officially renamed until 1977.
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