{"id":167,"date":"2019-09-12T11:41:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T11:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/td_uid_48_5d7a2ef76ff37"},"modified":"2019-09-19T01:38:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T01:38:40","slug":"a-look-at-the-evelyne-iii-29-as-your-first-hermes-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vsbag.com\/a-look-at-the-evelyne-iii-29-as-your-first-hermes-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look At the Evelyne III 29 As Your First Herm\u00e8s Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"
I remember the first time I came in contact with Herm\u00e8s. I was in Paris, for the first time, and dragged my reluctant mother into the flagship store on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honor\u00e9. I haphazardly said to her, ‘Mom, you should buy yourself a bag (she was celebrating her 50th birthday), and while you’re at it, gift me a matching one.’ I clearly had no idea what I was talking about.<\/p>\n
When we entered and glanced at a hefty price tag for a measly wallet, my mom shot me back the kind of glare I’ll never quite forget. Yes, many “firsts” happened all at the same time on that trip. It was the first time I learned of Herm\u00e8s, the first time I entered one of the luxury brand’s boutiques, and unfortunately, the first time I asked my mother for a handbag in which she declined. (Out of my entire collection, she’s only bought me one bag, which was a birthday present. I digress.)<\/p>\n
Suffice to say, neither she nor I were familiar with the storied fashion house. I was just shy of 18 years old at the time, with little money to spare on clothes and going out, let alone thousand-dollar bags. My mom could surely afford her fair-share of leather goods, be it at Herm\u00e8s or someplace else, but with little knowledge of designer goods (she only recently got into purses… blame me), we quickly perused the store and went on our way.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t until much later when I learned all that Herm\u00e8s represented. Now I laugh at my first brush with the brand. Leave it to me to walk inside one of the most high-priced luxury boutiques in the world and have zero clue where I was and what it meant. If only I could have stayed completely uninformed on designers… I would have saved myself a great deal of money.<\/p>\n
But that was then and this is now \u2013 and as my fascination with luxury leather goods grows, I can only dream of owning my own Herm\u00e8s one day. Realistically, I think I would purchase a second-hand Birkin or Kelly, if given the opportunity, but either way, the thought of spending upward of $12,000 on a bag makes my stomach churn a little bit.<\/p>\n
That’s where the\u00a0Evelyne III 29<\/strong>\u00a0comes in. Before I knew anything about it, I had seen a handful of women carry it. I had no idea how much it cost, but I assumed it would be pricey. When I finally found it on\u00a0Herm\u00e8s’ website<\/a>\u00a0for less than the amount of a Classic Chanel Flap, I was pleasantly surprised, to say the least.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Alessandra Ambrosio<\/span><\/p>\n Betheny Frankel<\/span><\/p>\nJordana Brewster<\/h4>\n