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Hermes Totes Bags started to be known

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:55 pm
by skym04
Hermes Casual Bags is probably the most famous handbag in the world. Designed by Robert Dumas in the 1930's, the Kelly was unlike any other bag. It was first called "sac a courroie pour dames", meaning bag with straps for ladies. The bag was not an immediate best seller, but nonetheless, remained in the Hermes collection. It wasn't until 1956 that the bag, with the help of a princess and a pregnancy, was propelled toward its iconic stature.
It seemed that no one could get enough Grace Kelly. An award winning film and stage actress, Grace Kelly was to many a shining example of all that was 1950's Hollywood glamour. Talented, poised, graceful and breathtakingly beautiful, Grace Kelly enchanted audiences and individuals everywhere. In 1956, news of Grace Kelly's engagement to Prince Rainier III of Monaco was a sensation. The press heralded the union as the "The Wedding of the Century."
Discount Hermes Men Bags is hand sewn from the front up to the back using the wax linen threads. Every push of a needle is cautiously done in double saddled stitches. The mini holes are completed by the bradawls prior to the stitches and the stitches size dictates for the sizes of the holes. Following the base, the handle follows in the cautious creation of the Hermes Kelly handbags. The shaping was carefully by the hand by painstaking attentions to every detail. Layers from the stitched leathers are smooth with sandpapers that were dyed to go with the colors of the handbags. Hot waxes were applied for the protection of handles from moisture.
The second thing which made the Hermes Kelly Bag so popular was the controversy behind the bags. The actress Grace Kelly, after whom the bag is named, was spotted multiple times by the media carrying the famous Hermes bag. Later on, it was revealed that the reason she used to carry the bag so often was because she used it to hide her pregnancy from the media. It was after this news started spreading, that the original Hermes Totes Bags started to be known as the Hermes Kelly bag. Obviously, with a celebrity element added to the bag, it became immensely popular among the masses, and all women around the world wanted to own the bag.