8 Things You Didn’t Know About the Kelly Since our Birkin trivia post was such a hit, we thought it was time to give the other Hermès Holy Grail Bag some trivia love. When it comes to famed Hermès bags, the Kelly—unlike the Birkin—remains somewhat shrouded in mystery. Although Replica Celine Handbags its had a longer history than the Birkin, the Kellys enigmatic aura persists, and discovering new things about the timeless handbag proves harder than one might think.
Always up for a handbag-related task, no matter how tricky it might be, Pursebop dug deep this time around. After wading around knee-deep in Kelly material, we came up with eight facts about the Kelly that we think will be especially interesting to you Kelly lovers out there. Read on, and discover!
In fact, the original name was a French one: the Sac à Dépêches. Robert Dumas designed this bag—the same as the modern Kelly retourne—in the 1930s, and it was first sold at the Hermès boutique in 1935. Hermès has described the design as embracing a purist aesthetic, which rejected the embellished style in vogue at the time. It wasnt until 1956 that the name changed.
What happened in 1956, you ask? If you havent already heard this story—its one of PurseBops favorites, so you might have come across it—these are the details. Grace Kelly had left Hollywood to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco in the wedding of the century, after which cameras were on the pair at all times. Kelly used her Sac à Dépêches to shield the earliest signs of a baby bump from the paparazzi. Yet the bag wasnt officially renamed until 1977.
The story of how Grace Kelly had a Kelly in the first place is entangled with her successful Hollywood career. On the set of To Catch a Thief, the 1955 Hitchcock romantic thriller with Cary Grant beautifully shot on the French Riviera, the films costume designer bought various pieces from Hermès to dress Kelly, including a Sac à dépêches in the original box leather. And, as the story goes, it was love at first sight.
Unlike the Birkin, which only comes in one main style, the Kelly is available in retourne (the original style) and sellier. While retourne has softer corners and a more relaxed feel, the sellier is much more rigid, with sharp, modern lines. Generally, the Kelly retourne is considered more casual, and the sellier more formal. Sometimes, the type of leather determines which form the bag takes www.replicabags.me.
Theres always a big debate going on concerning which style is more preferable! PurseBop, who owns both, has written about them in the pastNow, Grace Kellys box leather Kelly retourne rests in the archives of the palace in which she once lived. Her Kelly was much beloved, as she used it for many years. Occasionally, it comes out of hiding in its scuffed beauty to go on display in museums. In 2010, it was at the Victoria Albert Museum in London; in 2013, at a museum outside of Philadelphia. Chanel