Hermes

InStyle’s editors are busy running around New York to get sneak peeks at all of the upcoming beauty and fashion to expect next season, and we’re bringing our faithful Instagram followers—253,000 and counting!—with us to all of our preview appointments. Today, we dined amongst overflowing crystal flatware and fresh-cut flowers in celebration of Hermès’s spring scent, Jour d’Hermès, visited the opening of Chloé’s Soho boutique and fell in love with the Amelia bag, and previewed the oh-so-animalistic designs from Aerosoles. Get your dose of even more behind-the-scenes moments by following us @instylemagazine today!

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If you’re in New York, San Francisco, or Houston, put this on your To Do List: the Hermès Festival des Métiers. The luxury label is setting up shop in three cities and flying in its craftsmen to show the public how their silk scarves, diamond jewelry, painted crystal, and beyond are made—sometimes painstakingly—by hand. (Example: Each color in an Hermès scarf gets its own print, engraving, and screen.) This is the second year the luxury label pulled off this kind of event, and we hope it returns every year. There’s nothing like seeing something so luxurious being made right in front of you. The festival is in New York (583 Park Avenue) now through September 9th; San Francisco (Union Square Park) from September 20th to 24th, and Houston (1800 Post Oak Boulevard) from October 10th through 14th; visit hermes.com/festival-usa for more information.

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The following is a guest post from one of our favorite blogs, DecadesTwo.1.

Here at Decades, a luxury designer consignment boutique in Los Angeles, we love orange. Why? Because the color is associated with of one of our favorite French houses, Hermès. And, wouldn’t you know, we have an amazing collection of Hermès available right now. Visit decadestwo1.com to check it out.

Jane Birkin auctioned off her Hermès Birkin bag (yes, the original) to benefit earthquake relief efforts in Japan! The worn-in purse, which Birkin decorated with stickers and talismans from her travels, fetched £100,100 on eBay this weekend—or about $162,840 at the current exchange rate, and all of the proceeds will go to the British Red Cross. “It’s very nice that everyone’s got one or wants one,” Birkin told Vogue. “I keep saying to Hermès to make it out of plastic or, even more fun, make it out of cardboard. Then it wouldn’t be so heavy.” That’s one way to shorten the wait list for the sought-after style!

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