Hating

A replica of an Hermes Herbag? Hermes is low-key luxe, espesh when you skip the posh croc Birkin — yawn — and go quiet canvas. Elegant in its economy, the point of an Hermes Herbag is just enjoying the quality of its craftsmanship, with most no one noticing you’re carrying an Hermes.

True luxury lies in not being motivated by others’ acknowledgement. It’s like a black on black monogram — “KD” in block letters, thank you — somehow its subtlety is more obnoxious.

Then again, how hard is canvas to copy, Muffy…

Wanting

Does Hermes get cuter than this? Carrying my Kelly Danse — in deep chocolate with palladium hardware — as a clutch is choice, but an Hermes Herbag clutch makes a cheeky chic evening bag.

That, or a very expensive makeup pouch.

Pardon me — my Japanese side is showing…

Using

Hermes Herbag is a discontinued tote that comes with two different bodies that you can swap the leather top between.

Fun, but I just love that rubberized canvas roughing up an otherwise classic Kelly shape. This Hermes Herbag — in 40 cm with palladium hardware — is my MacBook’s new mate.

Ask Pam Anderson, P Spice, and whoever’s hot on The Hills — Birkins are boring, dahling…

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Hating

Sure, most people equate a Porsche with dough, but a Porsche is like an Hermes bag — timeless form-meets-function design that only evolves, instead of fashioning itself after trends.

So this Porsche Design USB flash drive key is antithetical to the beauty of the brand: it’s a cheap piece of flash that pretends to have a purpose.

Wait, I think I just made it sound attractive to 50% of the population…

Using

I don’t smoke — or drink. Or dance — but I hate having hotel matches lying around for candle lighting (or, worse, one of those red BBQ “torches” from CVS).

Elegant in the economy of its lines, this Porsche Design PD5 lighter looks so lush on my nightstand, next an equally minimalist Jimmyjane massage candle…

Wanting

With a predilection for petite Hermes “Kelly Danse” bags, matcha tea ceremony, and Porsche Design anything, the Japanese in me is coming out.

I’ve been toying with my 911 — a purring custom exhaust thanks to Magnaflow, a platinum hood emblem replacing the classic gold crest — and now I want to store this Porsche umbrella in my car.

Designed to tuck into the driver’s-side cubby of a Carrera, this Porsche Design umbrella is the closest I’ll come to having a driver hand me that custom Rolls Royce Phantom umbrella — for now…

Hating

This Hermes Sac Mallette bag in choco croc with silver hardware has been sold.

Weep with me.

It’s rare to find a Hermes Sac Mallette bag with silver hardware, and the French antique sterling silver’s cold shine against the worn, warm croc is especially choice…

Using

A more mod take on the Hermes Sac Mallette bags I obsess over, this 1989 Hermes MacPherson bag is larger, plainer, and zip-topped, but still founded on a hard-box bottom for your stash.

So I’m not using it yet — the eBay auction’s over just past noon, Pacific time…

Wanting

I love Hermes Sac Mallette bags. From the first half of the 20th century, Hermes Sac Mallette bags were train cases posing as purses: a classic doctor’s satchel shape was bottomed with a hard box to hold vanity trinkets.

This Hermes Sac Mallette bag in python is especially choice: its gold hardware melts into the dusty python, making it vibe more modern than the typical Sac Mallette you’ll sack

Too bad it sold years ago…