Sold To Billions, This Is The Reason Why Hermes Bags Are Fantastic

Hermes Bag Illustration (www.hermes.com)

JAKARTA - Among celebrities and sociality, the Hermes bag is not something that wow anymore. In Indonesia, many artists are often seen using this French bag.

Just mention the names of Nagita Slavina, Syahrini, Olla Ramlan, Maia Estianty, Luna Maya, Krisdayanti, to Prilly Latuconsina. If the Hollywood celebrity version, there are Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Victoria Beckham, and Beyonce.

This Hermes bag is not only famous for its high-quality models and materials, but also for its surprising price. To have a Hermes bag, at least you have to prepare hundreds of millions to billions of rupiah.

Hermes has indeed become a kind of symbol of one's social status. Indeed, only those from the upper class can afford these billions of bags. Because for the middle class, the amount of money that much is preferred to buy a house or a car.

Then, are you curious why Hermes bags are sold very, very expensive?

If you want to see how it was made, this is where you can explain why a bag can cost hundreds of millions to tens of billions.

To make a bag, it takes the best quality leather. Some bags are even made from crocodile, deer, and ostrich skin. It's not taken carelessly. For example, for crocodile skin, specifically taken from Australia, Florida, and the Nile. There is also a bull skin from Pakistan.

Another thing that makes Hermes bags expensive is that they are all made by hand by craftsmen. To produce just one bag, a craftsman takes up to 18 hours. Starting from cutting the fabric, sewing, and installing all the accessories. Of all the work, only a small part of the process is carried out using machines.

Because it is made by hand, actually none of the Hermes bags are exactly the same. Each craftsman's work will have a slight difference and this is what makes the price exorbitant.

In the world, there are two of the most popular and classic Hermes bag models, namely the Kelly and Birkin. However, there are also many other more modern series, such as Lindy, Trim, Victoria, Herbag, Herbag, Cabalicol, and So Kelly.

Actually, apart from the fantastic price, what makes people curious about this bag is that the purchase is quite complicated. Apparently not easy to buy this expensive bag. To get the original product, you must be registered as a VIP member at the official store. Again, it's not that easy to register as a customer at Hermes boutique.

In addition, Hermes bags are also often touted as investment products. How can? Because every year the price is always going up. For example, the classic Birkin bag alone is estimated to have doubled its selling price since its release. In fact, you can sell it at a higher price than when you bought it.

According to Art Market Research (AMR), this Hermes bag is even higher in investment than works of art and classic cars. Sebastian Duthy as CEO of AMR also said that this luxury bag investment is growing rapidly among socialite women.