Last week, we took a look around Hermès‘ site to find the weirdest stuff you could spend several hundred to several thousand dollars on; the selection was bountiful. yesterday when we checked in with the brand’s site, I discovered something that certainly hadn’t been there last week: an option to purchase one of two mystery boxes with unnamed pieces inside, the most expensive of which costs $1,875.
Before we relocation on to the reaction numerous of you are certainly having best now, let’s cover the particulars. The GM box and its MM counterpart (priced at $245–a smaller PM version has already sold out) are July’s edition of Petit H Surprise, which is part of petite H, a larger program in which Hermès uses leftover materials from the manufacture of its main products to produce tchotchkes and objets d’art both big and small (although typically small). Petit H products are typically made in very small runs and only available at select Hermès locations and pop-up events.
The many sought-after petite H items can be incredibly challenging to find, based on the chatter in our Forum, so for devotees or collectors of the brand, snagging one of these unknown boxes may be their best shot without paying well over retail. The program just started in May, and based on what our members have received in previous Petit H surprise boxes, the contents are things like leather luggage tags, animal-shaped leather bag charms, easy silk totes and scarves in shapes that aren’t otherwise made by Hermès. based on recent PurseForum posts, it seems like the MM version of this month’s MM boxes include a leather pen case. members are still waiting for their GM shipments.
July’s MM box indicates that it’s suitable for both male and female shoppers, while the much much more expensive GM version advises that it’s better suited for women. and yes, if you get something you don’t like, the purchase can be sent back to Hermès for a full refund.
So: give Hermès some money and Hermès will send you whatever it feels like sending you. Sure! Ok. That’s certainly a thing you can do.
If nothing else, Petit H surprise is a testament to both Hermès distinct place within the luxury market and luxury customers’ near-slavish devotion to their favorite purveyor of leather goods. It’s hard to think of numerous brands getting away with (and “getting away with” is certainly the appropriate phrase here) this sort of program, but our Hermès-obsessed Forum members seem to like it just fine, even if several of them returned their June boxes.