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…

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…

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…

Wanting: L’ecrin Hermes Boutique

Where do you shop choice Hermes outside of Hermes boutiques and a minefield of fakes on eBay? Japanese e-boutique L’ecrin pimps everything from basic Birkins to a Globetrotter-esque Hermes attaché lined in equestrian-print silk. They’ve also got a Kelly Danse, which I just invested in…

Using: Hermes Portero Market

Portero is eBay, only authenticated: you can buy and sell luxury goods, like Hermes goodies. I’m loving this vintage Hermes shoulder bag…

Hating: Hermes on Decades, Inc.

Famed vintage boutique Decades Inc. blogs charmingly about classic and one-of-a-kind Hermes bags they’re pimping. So why hate ‘em? They sell out so fast, the teases… ]]> http://www.kristopherdukes.com/2009/07/10/sites-to-buy-authentic-hermes-k-is/feed 0 http://www.kristopherdukes.com/2009/02/16/hermes-travel-bags-k-is http://www.kristopherdukes.com/2009/02/16/hermes-travel-bags-k-is#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:52:12 +0000 Kristopher http://www.kristopherdukes.com/?p=1852

Wanting.

I love so elegant a bag roughed up and large. This Hermes travel bag is impractical, but sexy enough so I don’t care. Women, take note in terms of style. And your own personality…

Using.

I’ve been eying this Hermes travel bag for years, literally. I love that hidden-in-plain-sight jewelry box in the bottom…

Hating.

This Hermes travel bag is a caricature of a Birkin. There’s no sprezzatura: it’s not playful enough to be cheeky, not careless enough to be cool, not formed right for even function…