RED GREEN AND NAVY

All new Hermes to start off winter with the right bag. The vintage red Hermes Kelly is an absolute beauty, it comes with lock, key and shoulder strap. The Bolide in olive green it’s the perfect option for day-to-evening bag and the Trim, well that’s classic Hermes. 

Pick your favorite and call us!

-Eri 

Hermes Kelly 32cm  in red box leather with gold hardware from 1993, with shoulder strap, with lock and key.  SOLD

Hermes Bolide 28cm in olive green box leather with gold hardware from 1994. SOLD

Hermes Trim in navy courchevel with gold clasp from 1990. SOLD

For additional information, please email blog@decadesinc.com or call + 1 323 655-1960. You may also visit us in person at Decades 8214 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Please reference the description above, if calling or emailing.

GETTING OLDER GETTING BETTER, JUST LIKE COGNAC

The sac à dépêches, later named the Kelly bag, was introduced in 1935 and owners at the time included Marlene Dietrich and Ingrid Bergman. This Hermes bag became famous in 1956 when Grace Kelly, then Princess of Monaco, was photographed for the cover of Time magazine shielding herself with her Kelly bag. Our Kelly below comes from that same era, the glamourous fifties, it has no shoulder strap as that was added in the seventies, has a slightly larger handle and comes in a beautiful cognac color with gold hardware. If you need a bag to have for life invest in a classic Kelly. Because of their commitment to quality, artisanal craftsmanship and fully family owned, Hermes remains the number one producer of luxury goods. Quite an achievement considering their first customer was a horse. 

-Eri 

Hermes Kelly 35cm chamonix leather in cognac with gold hardware, c. 1950's. SOLD

For additional information, please email blog@decadesinc.com or call + 1 323 655-1960. You may also visit us in person at Decades 8214 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Please reference the description above, if calling or emailing.

EBONY AND IVORY

These two Hermes bags just in; the black Birkin HAC has a few scratches but considering the leather is Berenia, it can be restored to brand new condition with just one spa visit at Hermes. The white Kelly is in near perfect condition. Bags do not come with dust bags or boxes. 

Hermes Birkin HAC 32cm in Barenia leather with brushed palladium hardware, 1999. SOLD

Hermes Kelly 32cm in agneau leather with gold hardware, 1991. SOLD

For additional information, please email blog@decadesinc.com or call + 1 323 655-1960. You may also visit us in person at Decades 8214 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Please reference the description above, if calling or emailing.

A LADY WHO DOES AND A LADY WHO DOESN'T

We have two classic Hermes bags that just came out of the epic storage facility of a family that has devoted not one, but two work spaces to a collection in the tens of thousands composed of clothes and accessories.  The pieces date as far back as the 1940s from the great Hollywood designer Irene; up to the early 1990s.  The Hermes collection is vast.  We have been selling the family's Hermes leather goods over the last few months and they have all found great homes.  The 35 cm chocolate Kelly and patent leather Constance are from this impressive collection.  The brown Kelly has a little wear on the handle and a scratch here and there, but it's priced in a very friendly way.  A lady who lunches can afford to take her friends to lunch with the money she will save on this bag. The key doesn't open the lock, but that's a quick fix as Hermes will provide a correct key (that's a casualty of having 100 plus Hermes bags - locks and keys get separated).  The Constance is only for a rock 'n roll Hermes lover as the patent leather has some serious "stretch marks" although the hardware is looking wonderful. A lady who lunch need not apply.

-Cameron

 Hermes Kelly brown 35 cm, c. pre 1972 Stamped Hermes Paris. (lock does not match key) SOLD

 Hermes Constance black 23 cm. Stamped L, 1982. (in rock 'n roll condition) SOLD
For additional information, please email blog@decadesinc.com or call + 1 323 655-1960. You may also visit us in person at Decades 8214 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Please reference the description above, if calling or emailing.

TWO KELLYS

The Hermes Kelly in clemence leather from 2007, is worn only one. It still has the plastic cover on the legs and closure. Comes with shoulder strap, lock and key. The other lovely Kelly is soft and has been worn a bit more. It doesn't have a shoulder strap only lock and key. Two different bags with two different prices, one iconic look. 

Hermes Kelly 35cm in clemence black leather with gold hardware, 2007. SOLD

Hermes soft Kelly 35cm in black with gold hardware, 1989.  SOLD

For additional information, please email blog@decadesinc.com or call + 1 323 655-1960. You may also visit us in person at Decades 8214 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Please reference the description above, if calling or emailing.

BE PATENT AND PATIENT

If you've been looking for anything patent from Hermes, you have to be very patient.  In sixteen years of Decades, I recall just a handful of vintage Hermes patent bags that have come through our doors - one of which was a black patent Constance from Lyn Revson's collection.  I remember having a conversation one rainy day during Couture week with Candy Pratts Price about why Hermes doesn't do patent anymore, too.  Well, if you have been patient, imagine the home run with this Kelly bag: patent, white, 35 cm, gold hardware, 1960s.  It's no secret that white Hermes bags are on the MOST WANTED LIST.  However, if you want patent, I don't care how patient you are, there is no list.  So buy this patent white Kelly and wear it after Labor Day, because fashion rules were made to be broken.

-Cameron

Hermes Kelly 35cm in white patent leather, c.1960's. Very fine condition.  No shoulder strap naturally because of the era creation.  Eri not for sale! SOLD

For additional information, please email blog@decadesinc.com or call + 1 323 655-1960. You may also visit us in person at Decades 8214 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Please reference the description above, if calling or emailing.
  

KELLY - A MORE REFINED LOOK

If you are a Kelly woman, this 40cm Hermes Kelly is the perfect bag to take to a business meeting. This Kelly has been gently loved, but box leather ages well and a spa day at Hermes can make this bag look brand new. However we here at Decades do love the worn look on all the Hermes bags. It gives the bag and the carrier character. And more importantly you can't beat the price. 

Hermes Kelly 40cm in black box leather with gold hardware and shoulder strap. Missing lock and key and it comes with it's original box. Stamped D for 2000. 

For additional information, please email blog@decadesinc.com or call + 1 323 655-1960. You may also visit us in person at Decades 8214 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California. Please reference the description above, if calling or emailing.