There is much to say about the world of Hermes, a world that is more than the sum of its parts, most of the products that prooduce: ties, scarves, shoes, clothes, jewelry, glia accessories home and of course bags. The Hermes bags have become icons because of the women who were identified: Grace Kelly for the purse which took its name (copertiba Life 1956), Jackie Onassis (Jackie O with the Boras closure H-shaped large )
The twentieth century saw the emergence of women as an accessory bag not only as an element of fashion, but also a social phenomenon.
Hermes is active in Paris, originally a saddler, soon famous for its Hermes handbags and scarves inspired by the equestrian world. The 30s, the years of bare shoulders and big cleavage on the back, are also the years of the Hermès scarf. And always in the 30s Hermes aims for summer bag bucket which soon becomes an object for use throughout the year. In the 50s Hermes is the height of its success. In 1956 Grace Kelly appears in the journal Life in the arm with a Hermes bag from now on will be called “Kelly”. In reality it is a model called the 1932 sac à courrois, and is inspired by a lot for the saddle, from this moment will become a myth. Increasingly Hermès Jaqueline Kennedy will often lead to a rectangular model with closure H.
Entirely made by the artisans of the House of Hermes, the Kelly, the Birkin bag and other grants made by French artisans take hours and hours. And owning an original is a great luxury stainless defying fashions. The older, more beautiful and fashion raises the classical tradition, especially in accessories.
“Kelly and the other” is an overview that exposes the original bags and scarves from Hermes proenienti personal collection of the antique Roman Nicla Boncompagni.
The exhibition features handbags and scarves without a chronological order, but according to their use: from the more usual and convenient as frivolous.
