The material and its nature
The Hermès brand buys the highest quality leather from all over the world. In some cases, exotic leather such as strauses or crocodile is also used. The latter sometimes has to dry for years before it can be processed or processed for the first time. Due to the high-quality leather, every HermèsBag A stately weight and a wonderful leather fragrance. The interior of a Birkin, Kelly, Evelyne, Constance is always made of leather. In the only few Hermès models, the interior consists of fabric. At Kelly, Birkin, Constance, Solidarity, Evelyne, Kelly Herbag, etc., leather is always made of textile fabric. But there are also bags (e.g. B. Victoria), the lining of which is made of fabric.

The seams
Even with Hermès, it is important that the seams have been processed or sewn in absolutely symmetrical and very high quality. The stitch length/thread height is always the same. For counterfeits at Hermès, as with all other brands, unsightly and poorly processed seams. Even with Hermès bags, a single color for all seams of the Bag used. The thread itself is always sewn at a slight angle and never runs 'straight'!
On the left real / right fake

Forms and different sizes
A birkin or kellyBag Keep your stiff shape even if the Bag is parked. Other models, such as B. an 'Evelyne Bag', but are not at all, but collapse.
The mass of Birkin Bag:
25er (25cm x 20cm x 13cm)
30s (30cm x 22cm x 16cm)
35er (35cm x 25cm x 18cm)
40s (40 cm x 30 cm x 21 cm)
The mass of the Kelly Bag:
15 (15cm x 11cm x 5cm)
20s (20cm x 16cm x 10cm)
25er (25 cm x 19 cm x 9 cm)
28er (28 cm x 22 cm x 10 cm)
32 (32 cm x 23 cm x 10.5 cm)
35er (35cm x 24cm x 12cm)
40s (40cm x 28cm x 16cm)
50s (50cm x 34cm x 25cm)

Hot embossing
On a Hermès Birkin/Kelly Bag There is always the brand logo (Hermès Paris Made in France ") on the front and a stamp on the back of the flap. The stamps are always pressed and provide information about when they Bag was manufactured and which material was used. The Hermès logo of an original handbag is always directly under the seam. The hot embossing on the back of the flap gives many indications of the originality. It consists of a letter from A to Z and a circle, a square or no other form. You will also find an identification number and - if available - an indication of exotic leather (e.g. " -" for lizard).
Letter without form = Bag, Made between 1945 (A) and 1970 (z)
Letter in the circle = Bag, Made between 1971 (A) and 1996 (z)
Letter in the square = Production between 1997 (A) and the current year - 2014 ®️
From 2015 = Letter without form
2015 = t
2016 = X
2017 = A
2018 = C
2019 = D
2020 = y

Hermès bags are still like the Holy Grail or Rolls Royce under the pocket sky. They are extremely high -quality and very rare copies regularly bring around 250,000 CHF at auctions.

The most famous models from Hermès are the Birkin or Kelly Bag.

First of all: this only applies to Birkin and Kelly Bags and our answer is "yes", we at Secondhandbags AG know customers who are waiting for their dream bag or color and leather. But we also have customers who have a new Hermès-Bag can get in the shop.

No, Kelly or Birkin bags are available in almost all colors and leather types.

Yes, an Evelyne BAG is offered in the size TMP (16 cm), PM (29 cm), GM (33 cm) and TGM (40 cm).

No, today the H "lasered" or "punched"