Hermès

Hermès Mini Kelly Blue Zephyr Epsom PHW

Epsom · Palladium (PHW)

Unworn, now sold. Blue Zephyr Epsom, Palladium (PHW). Ask our concierge to source the same piece.

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The piece in detail

Blue Zephyr is one of the cooler blues in the Hermès chart — glacial, faintly green, closer to a winter sky than to the saturated end of the spectrum. On Epsom it behaves exactly as it should: the pressed grain lies flat, holds a crisp edge at every corner, and returns the colour evenly across the flap without the tonal drift that softer leathers introduce. Epsom is the reason a Mini Kelly stands to attention. It is a coated, embossed calfskin that resists slouching almost indefinitely, wipes clean after a spill, and keeps the sellier stitching sharp along the gusset. On a bag this small, structure is not a matter of preference — it is what separates a Mini Kelly that holds its shape from one that collapses in on itself within a season. Palladium is the correct pairing here. Gold against a pale, cool blue pushes the bag towards costume; palladium answers the coolness of the leather instead of fighting it, and keeps the whole thing disciplined. The turn-lock, sangles and clochette are unmarked, the plating unbroken, and the protective film remains where Hermès applied it. At twenty centimetres the Kelly II Mini carries a phone, a card case, a lipstick and a folded scarf, and nothing more — which is entirely the point. On the shoulder by its adjustable strap it reads as jewellery with a handle; taken by the top handle it turns formal in a second. It has been the most requested Hermès silhouette of the past five years, and the one allocation lists rarely reach. Stamped A and unworn, complete with box, dust bag, clochette, cadenas, two keys and raincoat. Inspected and photographed at JULL London. Priced at £24,300, with private viewing by appointment in Chelsea Harbour and fully insured worldwide shipping.

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