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Hermès Birkin 25 Gris Neve Matt Alligator GHW

Matt Alligator · GHW

The Hermès Birkin 25 in Gris Neve matte alligator with gold hardware is one of the most current grail configurations in the Hermès exotic catalogue. Year K production stamp, store-fresh condition. Gris Neve — 'snow grey' — is the cooler, paler cousin to the maison's celebrated Gris series, a soft mineral-pale shade that veers between dove grey and pearl depending on light. On matte Mississippi alligator, the colour reads with an almost crystalline calm: each of the alligator's softly-rounded scales takes the dye independently, producing micro-variations across the surface that no two bags share. The matte finish (as opposed to shiny porosus) lends a quieter, more contemporary visual register — it reads as bag-as-sculpture rather than bag-as-jewellery. Alligator mississippiensis is sourced from a single accredited Louisiana farm under Hermès's own welfare standards and CITES traceability. Each skin spends twelve to eighteen months in the tannery before the cutter chooses the section that will become a Birkin 25. The dye process for the matte finish is itself proprietary and entirely hand-applied. Gold hardware in warm yellow tone is the considered counter-choice to the cool grey — instead of high-contrast, it creates a refined, almost coin-like ornamental rhythm against the body. The 25cm silhouette is the most allocated, most contemporary Birkin proportion. Sourced through JULL's direct global trade network. Complete with full CITES documentation, original box, raincoat, dust bag, lock, keys, clochette and ribbon Hand-inspected London workroom; private viewing by appointment in our Knightsbridge showroom.

Inspected by hand in our London workroom. Private viewings by appointment.
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