There are bags other than the birkin or kelly that are worth investing in at Hermes. I say this over and over again because after having a nice and long chat with Olivar of Hermes Takashimaya, it seems apparent that more and more women *men too* are appreciating the other styles that the brand has to offer– the Evelyne, the Victoria, the Lindy, and the Jypsiere are very, very popular that they’re now just as hard to get (the stores sell out of these styles now).
And today, I saw the Jypsiere (in a beautiful magenta-ish color called Tosca, and in Swift leather) being assembled. Quite a sight, if you ask me!
I didn’t bother taking a video because the craftswoman was working on the bag while entertaining questions about how it’s made. But here is a sequence of what she did. Impressive.
Working on a part of the bag
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| Don’t touch that tool, it’s hot! For “gumming” the edges. |
And then she proceeded to work on the bag’s body
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| You need excellent eyesight to be a craftswoman/man. This ensures you don’t overlook anything. |
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| Details, details! |
The bag from the side
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| Note to Hermes bag owners: Always lay your bags flat when you store them. Good advice right here! |
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| Isn’t the color beautiful? 🙂 |
She had to use this type of glue to secure one of the loose stitches.
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| Their all- purpose “glue”. It’s not your average off-the-store-shelves glue for sure! |
A very helpful tool, this one.
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| Securing a stitch. |
Parts of the Jypsiere are machine- stitched, but for the most part, the bag is still hand- made. A lot of attention and detail are involved in the process.
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| That electric tool comes handy for the edges of the leather. |
Working on the interior of the bag, making sure that even the inner corners of the bag (where the flap meets the body) are perfect.
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| Even on the “pits” of the bag, meticulous attention to detail is exercised. |
And now the other part of the body for the Jypsiere is brought in.
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| Note the hardwares on the bag are all properly covered and protected. |
Assembled together and stitched, the Jypsiere is near complete.
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| Nearly there! |
All it needed was the strap, and after a few more inspections, the bag is then ready to be packaged and sent out to Hermes boutiques– in this case, to all the Hermes Singapore boutiques 🙂
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| Voila, after it’s stitched and given the overlook look for quality control, it gets packed up! |
A few shots of the young artisan’s work station
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| Spools of thread. In different colors– depending on what color the body of the bag is! |
Leather “sheets”
Tools
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| Some of the tools, which also include that jar of leather adhesive/ gum. |
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| And these 2 electric tools which were also present in the other leather goods/ accessories stations. |
And aahhhh a boxful of different pre-cut leather parts of Hermes bags 🙂
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| Does anything here look familiar? 🙂 |
Voila, you have more or less “witnessed” how the Jypsiere is painstakingly made. It takes a craftsman/craftswoman about 15 hours to complete one Jypsiere. According to the craftswoman, it also takes a LOT of patience to complete it! I should also note that most of the artisans at Hermes are fairly young, and they really take a lot of pride in their work 🙂
Do you see the Hermes Jypsiere (or Jipsy) bag in a different light yet? 🙂 I do! And oh yeah I am officially hankering for a Hermes bag in Tosca! *Dreamy Look!* As for you baghags out here reading this post, I think you should treat yourselves to the Hermes experience by visiting any of the Hermes boutiques in Singapore, or worldwide 🙂 You know that practically everything inside the store is a product of the passion and pride of the artisans and more importantly, of the brand!
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TheBagHag
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