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PHOTO: Would You Believe This Hermès Shirt Costs $91,500?
If you have an extra $91,500 lying around and realllly love t-shirts, well, this is perfect for you!
Why Claudia Schiffer Said ‘No’ To Having An Hermès Bag Named After Her
While there’s a lot to be said for living without regrets, there are some things a girl just can’t get over. Like, for instance, turning down the opportunity to have Hemès name a handbag after you. Just ask Claudia Schiffer.
These Incredible Animals Are Made From Scraps Of Hermès Leather
When the scraps of leather that litter your workshops are the leftovers from creating $10,000 handbags, you don’t want to just toss them in the trash. Nope, you want to take the opportunity to practice some very haute recycling. Hermès has found no shortage of ways to put their extra materials to work, first with the petit H. laboratory, which is behind such creations as croc coffee cup holders and the Kelly bag clock, and now with an entire menagerie of colorful animals festooning the window of their Hong Kong International Airport store.
PHOTOS: Artist Gives New Meaning To ‘Designer Drugs’
In the vein of The Row’s pill-covered $55,000 leather backpack collaboration with Damien Hirst, Los Angeles artist Desire Obtain Cherish series of luxury branded pills packs takes our addiction to fashion to a whole new level.
Comme des Garçons Collaborates With Hermès On Two Scarf Collections
We’ve always dreamed of owning a classic Carré scarf from Hermès, and news that the brand is collaborating with Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo only makes us more determined.
PHOTOS: Hermès Gets Tech-y With Computer-Inspired Ties
For its winter 2012 collection of neckties, legendary French house Hermès drew inspiration from none other than technology — computers, to be exact. How very 2012.
Hermès’ Mysterious Scarf Designer Has Finally Been Revealed
And who it is will definitely surprise you.
Hermès And LVMH File Complaints Against Each Other Over Stock Sales
Hermès International filed a complaint against LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton almost two months ago, reportedly accusing the conglomerate of insider trading and stock price manipulation. Not one to back down from a legal battle, LMVH is now filing a retaliatory complaint.
Nina Garcia May Be A Little Out Of Touch With The Average American
Nina Garcia holds a fashion director gig at Marie Claire, a longtime spot on Project Runway‘s judging panel, owns a number of vintage Salvatore Ferragamo bags, and is a J.C. Penney stock price booster. As such, she’s probably swimming in money and buying things we can only dream about. She’s also quite far removed from the average American woman, as evidenced by a recent tweet.
Hermès And Ferragamo Compete To Make Fanciest Olympic Uniforms Ever
In case you had any lingering doubts that France and Italy are the chicest countries of them all, let us take this opportunity to put them to rest.
France Busts Counterfeit Ring Involving Hermès Employees
The only thing worse than someone counterfeiting Hermès bags is someone counterfeiting Hermès bags with the help of Hermès’s own employees.
WATCH: Hermès’s Petit H Creative Lab Turns A Kelly Bag Into A Clock
Hermès‘s Petit H Creative Lab is tasked with finding “new and creative uses for leftover scraps of leather and silk or defective china and crystal” and their newest project has them transforming a Kelly bag into a wall clock, folded leather pieces into an origami bear, and the house’s iconic silk scarves into a lamp shade. So. Cool.
PHOTO: Hermes Created A $2 Million Solid Gold Handbag
We don’t think the people at Hermes got the memo about the worldwide economic decline, because its designers have just created the world’s most expensive handbags out of solid gold and thousands of tiny diamonds. And you can’t even fit your sunglasses in it.
Jane Birkin Owns Exactly One Of Those ‘Bloody Birkin Bags’
Jane Birkin is the namesake of one of the world’s most coveted bags — or as she calls it, the “bloody Birkin bag”.
10 Important Things We Learned This Week: December 11-17
This week the Obamas wore awesome things, Elizabeth Taylor‘s jewelry sold for a whole lot of money, and Courtney Love got evicted. We also learned that Meryl Streep is a total kickass feminist, and that Fashion’s Night Out is unfortunately here to stay.
Forget Jimmy Choo: Hermès Sells $250 Croc Coffee Cup Holders
Not down with the $165 Jimmy Choo faux croc coffee cup holders? How about $250 Hermès real croc ones?
$200,000 Used Birkin Sets Record For Most Expensive Handbag Sale
Clearly not everyone in America is still feeling the strain of the recession. Early this week someone very, very wealthy bought a handbag for over $200,000 at an auction in Dallas, breaking the world record for the highest amount of money ever bid on a purse.
Hermès Paris Flagship Gets Graffitied
Here’s a little high-low mix for you: the Hermès flagship in Paris got big time graffitied.
Knockoff Gets Knocked Off, Original Knockoffers Pissed Off
Back in January we reported on Hermès suing Thursday Friday over its Birkin-printed totes. (And then we promptly bought one in blue.) Now Thursday Friday is the one filing a counterfeit suit.
Circumstances That Would Make It OK To Pay $345 For A T-Shirt
Look, it’s not like we’re against fancy, expensive things here at Styleite — we actually really like them a lot! But there are some things the fashion industry creates that cost so much money they’re just damn ridiculous. Case in point: Hermés makes a plain T-shirt that costs more than you spend on groceries every month.






















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