The Hermès bag that Ms. Truong My Lan asked for back: There is a super rare model worth 16.8 billion VND

Himalayan Hermès handbags impress with their unique beauty. White and gray blend skillfully on a luxurious crocodile leather background, creating a harmonious and beautiful overall look.

The artisan must bleach the original color from the crocodile skin (the leather used to make Hermès Himalaya bags comes from Nile crocodiles in Africa), before proceeding with many complex steps to create the unique color-shifting effect.

The lighter the color, the more difficult it is to dye, requiring more technique, effort and time to complete. This makes Himalayan-style leather products from Hermès all the more special and expensive.

The term “Himalaya” refers to the color of the bag. Accordingly, the gray color with different shades of light and dark evokes the rocky mountain slopes. Meanwhile, the white color represents the beauty of the Himalayan mountain peaks covered with snow.

Among Himalayan-inspired leather designs, diamond-encrusted versions of the Birkin and Kelly bags are particularly rare, and come with hefty price tags.

What's special about the diamond-studded Hermès Himalaya bag? (Edited by: Binh Tan).

Diamond-studded Himalaya Birkin Bag

In 2022, Sotheby's auction house sold a diamond-encrusted Birkin Himalaya 30 bag for more than $450,000 (11.1 billion VND) (Photo: Madison Avenue Couture).

The cadena lock on the bag is composed of 68.4g of 18K white gold, set with 40 round brilliant-cut white diamonds, totaling 1.64 carats. The three hardware components of the bag - Touret, Pontet and Plaque de Sanglons - are set with over 200 diamonds, totaling 8.2 carats.

The extremely rare Himalaya 25 diamond-encrusted Birkin bag is enhanced by its intricate 18K white gold hardware. The bag is set with 145 diamonds totaling 5.7 carats (Photo: Christie's Asia).

In late 2018, a 2010 diamond-encrusted Birkin Himalaya 35 bag with 18K white gold hardware caused a stir when it sold for £236,750 (VND 7.8 billion) in London, England.

Kelly Himalaya Diamond Bag

The Kelly Himalaya bag was produced in extremely limited quantities. It is considered the rarest handbag in the world , known only to the most loyal Hermès bag collectors, according to SCMP (Photo: Sotheby's).

In 2010, the then creative director at Hermès - designer Jean-Paul Gaultier - debuted the Birkin Himalaya handbag on the runway, making it the most coveted handbag.

In addition to blowing up the luxury handbag market with the Birkin Himalaya design, it also helped bring another smaller, and in many cases even rarer, bag – the Kelly Himalaya – into the spotlight.

The Hermès Kelly Himalaya perfectly combines the subtle gradations of the Himalayan style, with the elegance of the Kelly bag, named after the famous woman - Princess Grace Kelly.

In November 2021, Christie's auction house in Hong Kong (China) sold the diamond-encrusted Retourné Kelly Himalaya 28 bag for about 510,000 USD (16.8 billion VND) (Photo: Sotheby's).

The bag has 18K white gold hardware, set with 229 diamonds totaling 9.43 carats. The cadena lock alone is set with 40 diamonds totaling 1.64 carats.

On May 25, Christie's sold another size 25 Retourné Kelly Himalayan bag with 18K white gold hardware and diamonds for an estimated $308,000.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giai-tri/kieu-tui-hermes-ba-truong-my-lan-xin-lai-co-mau-sieu-hiem-gia-168-ty-dong-20240929161358402.htm