Tulips, Goyards line is lovely,
check out my favorite, Didier Lamarthe
The logo is two standing unicorns, very discreetly places. Have a wonderful time in Paris, egoodwin. I'm leaving Monday but to France profound.

Have a good time, and let us know about any great handbag finds! I love handbags, and don't want one that everyone has. For something really exclusive though, you would have to go to Delvaux in Brussels (don't think they have a Paris shop)

Delvaux are Belgian, beautifully made leather bags. I have a few, and people always ask where I got them. They last forever.

Just a sidenote...check out overstock.com...they have some good designer bags on their website...very good prices..

Mclaurie- I found a SELLER off ebay for the Jelly Kelly-- the prices are THRU the ROOF!!! The bags are adorable for the beach!!!

If you want the person's name, post an email addy and I will email to you...

How do you know if they are real on email and other web sites. I would hate to pay a big amount, even if it were a deal, and the bag be a fake.

Jal---the girl emailed me PIX of the handbags...it looked just like the bags that Mclaurie posted from the newpaper...Made in Italy-not China..I asked....

But Ebay keeps pulling them off since they are FAKES of REAL Hermes bags....

If you want me to send to you , I will...but the girl wants a FORTUNE for these little plastic Capri totes...like
$325....So I won't pay that for PLASTIC...unless McLaurie can tell me what they sell for in Capri??????

Was the Kelly bag in Le Divorce an Hermes?!

Yes- the Kelly Bag in Le Divorce was HERMES-- in crocodile, cost $18,000 USD!!!!!!!

Thanks for the offer Andy, but I'm not interested in paying that much :)) There are 3 sizes & I think the original prices were $125-275. I still can't understand what all the fuss is about. There are LEATHER bags, fashioned like Hermes bags, that are sold in lots of stores. These are much more likely to be mistaken for the real thing. BTW, my favorite shop for bags in NYC is Suarez at Park & 56th. They have Hermes look alikes.

Mclaurie= thanks for the heads up on the NY Handbag store- It is already in my files....


The girl selling the plastic knock-off Hermes wants $325 for the bag...I am still laughing.....

Tulips, agree with you on Delvaux! One of the elegant "sac a dos" is on my Christmas list. FYI, Hermes and Delvaux "share" many craftsmen--there are artisans at Delvaux who came from Hermes and vice versa.
Tulips, have you checked out the Secondo store in Brugge (behind the Crowne Plaza hotel)? GREAT prices on nearly new Delvaux bags in perfect condition--they go for about 30% of the original price. Also a good selection of other top name bags--Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Longchamp, Lancel, etc. Everything guaranteed to be the original and they don't sell anything that isn't in excellent condition.

I don't know that shop in Brugge; will check it out, thanks for the tip. Delvaux are my absolute favorite bags; they are the ones I use every day. For handbag afficionados in Belgium there is a handbag exhibition at the Fashion museum in Hasselt.

could someone give me better directions to find the handbag shop owned by the asian woman, who is near the rue st. honoree? i will be in paris next week, and am very interested in shopping for some bags. I am currently carrying burberry, and do not see a lot of them in the mid west, but would like to branch out a little. thanks.

There's a wonderful purse store on Rue Cherche du Midi. Darn if I can think of the name though!

I love Longchamp and there is one in the 6th.

Why has this thread from 2003 resurfaced?
Avalon: As for the rue Cherche Midi and handbags, there are a lot of stores on that street. I shop it for handbags; Francesco Biasia, Karine Dupont, Fausto Santini, Groom, etc..Happy Travels!

Re: the bags at the shop on Rue Faubourg St Honore--are they made inF rance, Italy, or elsewhere?

I dont know why it has resurfaced...but glad it did. There should be a separate section of "Oldies but goodies" threads.

Why not just start a current thread? Happy Travels!