![]() Most Kellys are lined in chevre (although some are lined in swift, depending upon the exterior leather or if a different leather is selected via Special Order). Like all Hermès bags, a Kelly is assembled by hand by one craftsperson the Kelly takes about 18 hours of work. However, years before it was popularized by Grace Kelly, it was just a simple, practical design as explained by the Hermès website, it was created in 1935 by Robert Dumas and called the Sac à Dépêches, which in itself took design elements from the older Haut à Courroies (HAC) bag, which was designed in the 1850s the Monaco bag was also influential over the Kelly design.Īn “Hermès Vintage Shiny Black Porosus Crocodile Bag with Gold Hardware 28”, circa 1940, via. ![]() The bag became increasingly popular and was renamed in her honor. The paparazzi photos of her shielding her baby bump with her bag ended up everywhere, including Life Magazine, thrusting her Hermès bag front and center into pop culture. At the time she was one of the most famous women in the world, having left her American movie star life to become the wife of Prince Ranier of Monaco. The Kelly bag is, of course, named after Princess Grace Kelly, who famously used her handbag to hide her pregnancy in 1956. Time for a deep dive into this amazing bag (which also happens to currently be my favorite). The Hermès Kelly is arguably the most classic and fashionable handbag of all time: with a naturally accommodating and elegant-yet-useful design, produced over the years in a variety of materials and in two structures with various iterations, the Kelly has been consistently covetable and a perennial “It Bag” for the past few decades if just slightly less popular than the Birkin.
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