i'm gonna do a one year review for my hermes kelly 25 i'm gonna talk about the pros cons wear
and tear definitely some accident had happened in the past year and i will share my final thoughts
leave me a comment down below to let me know what do you think of my hermes kelly 25 or if
you have any questions let's get right into the video so my hermes kelly 25 is in epsom leather
gold hardware and a gold color the year stamp is 20 20. i got it from the san francisco boutique
if you want to know how much i paid for this bag and how much i spent to get this bag i'll link
these two video down below so you can check it out my Kelly 25 is in the sellier style where
you can clearly see the stitching outside of this bag and also the bag appear to be more structured
versus the retourne style like the stitching is inside at the back appear to be more slouchier and
i have to say when it comes to kelly i definitely like the sellier style more than the retourne
style this is how the bag looks like in the back and this is the bottom and if you open up the bag
it has a zipper pocket in the back and then there's a pocket in the front as well the shoulder
strap is detachable but it's not adjustable it's fixed length if you want to know how it looks on
me different ways to wear what fits in my Kelly 25 you can check out my Kelly 25 and Kelly 28
comparison video i did exactly what will be able to fit in the bag and show you how it looked on me
i'll link the video down below for you to check it out during the past year i tried to use the
bag as much as possible so i definitely used a decent amount i'll show you the wear and tear
from different aspects of the bag and tell you the accident that happened let's start with the handle
overall the handle appears to be fine and i don't see any cracking or any marks or anything also
because sometimes i use truly but then there was one time i didn't use my truly what happened was
i tried to crossbody my bag and i was in such a rush to go out and accidentally my lipstick
red lipstick touched the handle it got on the handle and i saw it immediately what happened
was i used my finger to wipe the lipstick out and i used a tissue paper to remove my lipstick on my
hand and i was able to get the lipstick out and i used the cloth to wipe it and it was totally
fine because i saw it really quickly so i was a little worried but it turned out to be totally
fine so lesson learned if you want to be careful definitely use truly other times when i try to
carry my bag the top handle way sometimes i put my hand through right but as you can see
the pyramid studs on my cdc bracelet it's actually really easy to scratch the top handle so i know
that if i wear like like chunky jewelry or watches or anything i try to not top handle with this hand
i usually try to do with this hand or i will wear a twilly leather i found the epson leather
is actually really easy and nice to use so it's just this part looks a little bit different i'll
try to insert a photo and this part is also super sticky so basically what happened was i wore this
bag to a kid's birthday party and all the kids were running around and i was wearing this bag
crossbody there was a one boy he was running around and hit my bag really hard and he had
birthday cake in his hand so he got his birthday sticky birthday cake onto my bag and i was totally
like freaking out a little bit my heart sinked but i know i couldn't do anything until i got home
and after i got home i used cloth to wipe everything out the rest of part appears to
be fine all the cake got wiped out but this part appears to be having some white residue which i
tried many times i couldn't remove it still feels really sticky after such a long time you know how
i mentioned it to you guys that you don't need to use any leather conditioner for your hermes
bags generally speaking in my how to care about a Hermes bags video i'll link it down below for
you but then this part is so hard to get it out so i use some of the leather conditioner
that i use for all my chanel bags and i tried i still couldn't get this out the sticky part and
the small residue are still remain to be here i'm gonna try to continue to do it in the future see
if i can completely get it out but uh i'm just so grateful that the white part and the sticky
part is not that big like completely ruined my bag and thank god it's okay i just keep telling myself
that bags are meant to be used and don't worry too much about it i gotta have to enjoy my bag also
worst case scenario i know the spa option is always available for me do you carry your nice
bags to kids birthday party or when there's a lot of kids running around or do you have any
tips on how to protect your nice designer bags when you have a lot of kids around
do you simply not carry it leave me a comment down below to let me know hardware wise you know i have
peeled off my sticker early on so i have been using this hardware there are some scratches on
the hardware but they're more like thin scratches it wasn't crazy at all and not many and it's
nowhere compared to my hermes constants bag the scratches on my constants are way more crazy
than this so hardware is totally fine maybe there are some small scratches on the hardware for the
leather strap where i try to detach the strap but overall hardware is fine i also use jewelry cloth
to polish and the shine the hermes hardware as a regular maintenance and i wipe them out so overall
they appear to be really shiny and looks still very nice if you're interested i will link their
how to clean and polish your hermes hardware video down below for you to check it out and i also i'll
link the jewelry cloth down below as well shape wise i have to say after one year of use the bag
still maintain the exact same structure the shape because it's in the absent leather also
sellier style the epsom leather is really good at maintaining its shape so if you wanted something
structured epsom leather is definitely the one to go i don't use any insert for this bag because
relatively speaking this bag is kind of small and structured i don't think it need an insert at all
it's still totally fine i only stuff the bag when i'm not using the bag if you want to know how to
store and care for your hermes bags and i'll link the video down below for you to check it
out as well also because i usually put my makeups inside of our pouch so nothing leaked inside of
the bag and the bag is still very clean so let's talk about the pros of this bag i really like
this bag has a shoulder strap and i can carry it hands-free and it's really really important to me
and i also really like i can carry this back in so many different ways another pro is it's
such a classic and beautiful bag and i don't think it will ever go out of style and this is
definitely something that i can pass along to my future generations i have to say the quality of
the bag the craftsmanship is definitely really impressive and after one year of use and i feel
the quality of the bag and the back is just really good compared to my other bags the fact that i
have it in neutral color it goes with so many of my outfits so i was able to get more use out of it
i would say kelly 25 is the perfect size because you can easily carry this bag from day to night
and really transition and carry it to so many different occasions you might be thinking Kelly 25
is not big enough for your daily essentials you will be surprised if you watch my Kelly
25 and Kelly 28 comparison video because it's really big enough for all your daily essentials
the other thing is i really like the epsom leather it holds the shape so well even i don't use any
inserters and because it's epsom leather the bag is also really lightweight i also have a video to
weight all my or my collection bags including this bag if you want to know how much this guy waits
and i will link the video down below for you to check it out another pro is the resale value of
Kelly 25 is really high because it's so hard to get and you know that in the future that if you
want to sell your Kelly 25 you will be able to get way more than what you paid for especially if your
Kelly 25 is in the selier style and also neutral colors generally speaking neutral colors and also
sellier style goes for higher than the retourne style and also pop-up color in the secondhand
market this bag also brought so much joy to my life every time i look at it i carry it i use it
it just reminded me how lucky i am to be able to have something like this to enjoy in my life and
another pro is that although i got some marks on my bag but i'm just thinking in the future the spa
option is available to me with hermes if you want to know my spa experience with hermes i'll link my
spa video down below in the description box as well let's talk about the columns the first con
is definitely this bag is really expensive kelly 25 is also really hard to get the fact that it's
so hard to get the spending that you need to spend in order to get this bag is also higher than
other bags for example birkin 25 the other con is handle is attached to the ear of the bag so when
you putting a lot of stuff the weight on the back is attached to the flap here so it puts a lot of
pressure here and if you don't lock your bag it's actually not so good for your bag in the long run
i do it sometimes when i don't have much stuff in it but i know that it's not good for the bag it's
best that you close the bag to give the leather more support when you have some weight
inside of the bag but if you try to close the bag the sellier style is pretty rigid
it's not the most easy when you try to open or close the bag clothes is easier but when you try
to open this hardware definitely touch each other and it's not the easiest if you try to
get stuff in and out but of course when you close the bag there's some security but security comes
with a price i don't mind it also that if you really wanted to protect this bag you shouldn't be
carrying too much stuff to stuff it too full it will put a lot of weight on the
bag and tend to stretch out the leather also the other con if you really have to say it is that
when i try to detach or attach the shoulder strap the angle always feels to be a little bit off no
matter which angle that i go about it's just not the easiest like easy to hook on you can do it
so this could be annoying to some people so if you watched some of my other videos you
may know this Kelly 25 has a special place in my heart because it's the year stamp 2020 when
my son was born i definitely believe my son brought so much luck that i was able to get
this back every time when i look at this bag it feels like it's associated with my son it has a
lot of sentimental value to it like i mentioned the luxury is something that can be repaired
i know that uh when the time is right in the future if i wanted to spa it the option is
always there available to me if you are interested definitely check out my spa video so after one
year of use the bag still holds up really well from every single aspect i'm definitely really
impressed with the quality of the bag so to me personally the pros are way bigger than the cons
and i have no regret of spending so much money to get this bag it's totally worth it and it's still
one of my holy grails you know how sometimes i have other bags on my wish list but when i
realized what a beautiful Kelly 25 that i have already have it just made me feel so grateful
and accounting my blessings so leave me a comment down below to let me know what do you think of my
hermes kelly 25 or if you have any additional questions and i'll see you guys soon bye