How choice is the Le Meurice seats your bag in? It’s a slight upgrade for my beat, vintage Hermes Herbag, which is usually slouching on the floor, playing pillow to an 80-lb. German Shepherd named Major Dukes…

One of my last days in London was spent shopping Alfie’s Antique Market, where I snagged this vintage crocodile Hermes purse. You can’t tell so well  in London’s cheery drear, but  this vintage Hermes crocodile bag is the most beautiful black-brown.

I managed to stow it inside my vintage Hermes Herbag, and then I carried on to Cannes, and cruising along the French Riviera…

I’m a sucker for Hermes, but I’m not sure I want to advertise that so uncharmingly. This Hermès Birkin necklace in palladium is too cute. Really…

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Hermès Double Tour Kelly bracelets always vibed so obvious; one would go too well with my sporting my vintage Hermes Herbag as a backpack, while I flashed a peace sign and had my picture snapped at Sasabune in Honolulu.

But this Hermès “So Black” Kelly Double Tour bracelet, with black hardware on black box leather?

Lust.

I’m a Cracker Jap, and I’m afraid my quarter Japanese is showing…

Hermès limited-edition “So Black” Kelly 32 retourne bag, with black box leather and black hardware.

I dig this so much I didn’t even want to blog it…

Sometimes my burgundy, bed-head bob is more pure poodle than cleverly disheveled. The days I’m a dog lady too lazy to tame my bob, I slick it back in a paintbrush-stub ponytail.

I know.

A head scarf could be better, but an Hermes silk scarf a la Jackie O felt too obvious.

And then I saw this Hermes silk scarf, “De Passage A Tokyo”: its seemingly simple skyline sketch shows off the rich color Hermes scarves are known for, with its subtle rainbow of reds.

And then I realized this Hermes “De Passage A Tokyo” silk scarf was already sold.

I knew Hermes scarves were too obvious.

Not like my carefully concealed disappointment…

I snagged a new Zero Halliburton 21″ carry-on from Craigslist for two Benjies. The plan was to gift it or let it be my German Shepherd Major Dukes‘s suitcase, but it’s so superior to my Alstermo Bruk luggage that I’ve decided Major should share.

Here’s what I’ve packed into it for my trip to New York this week: Marlies Dekkers panties, silk jersey tank dresses, bespoke linen shirt dresses, Donna Karan Collection snakeskin sandals, an Hermès Kelly Danse, a bottle of L’Artisan Parfumeur Tubereuse, an iPad and keyboard dock, and a few dog biscuits for Major (live chickens don’t travel well)…

Hermes reissued their Herbag a season or so ago, which bummed me out. Forgetting their form and function, I dig Hermes Herbags for their obscurity.

But I’m over feeling anything for the new Herbags. Their only improvement is an interior pocket. Other than that, the new Herbags are a downgrade from the original Herbags. The new Hermes Herbags have canvas that isn’t rubberized waterproof, come in Easter egg shades best left to baby Birkins, and their pieces aren’t interchangeable.

Though, granted, the sort of bottom-swapping freedom the original Hermes Herbag offered led to a few distasters like this…

Over the last couple of years I’ve edited my look down to a formula: bed-head, bobbed hair; a racerback tank dress; a shawl-neck wrap coat; stiletto slippers; and a vintage Hermes Herbag.

You can’t beat an Hermes Herbag. Equal parts form and function, its classic Kelly shape is formed out of bridle leather and rubberized canvas. I tote a 30 cm Hermes Herbag to dinner and park-play with my German Shepherd Major Dukes, and a 40cm Hermes Herbag travels with me on the flying bus.

Even better? Vintage Hermes Herbags disassemble into interchangeable parts. I have three Hermes Herbags, and I mix and match their bags and straps…

Hermes Herbag Assembly Instructions