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Brand profile
Hermès
Paris luxury house founded in 1837, still family-controlled, known for Birkin and Kelly leather bags and silk carré scarves.
ParisOrigin
UnisexFocus
Quiet luxuryStyle
$$$$$Price
What to know about Hermès
Saddlery logic runs through everything
Founded in 1837 as a harness and saddle workshop, and the leather craft that came from it still defines the bags, belts and small leather goods.
Bags are made, then waited for
The hand-stitched Birkin and Kelly are built in French ateliers and sold through long waitlists, so availability is limited rather than a matter of budget.
Family-run, and now the benchmark
Sixth-generation Axel Dumas chairs the house with Pierre-Alexis Dumas as artistic director; in April 2025 it briefly passed LVMH as luxury's most valuable company.
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Brand facts
Hermès is a family-controlled Paris luxury house founded in 1837 by Thierry Hermès as a harness and saddle workshop. It makes leather goods, above all the hand-stitched Birkin and Kelly bags, plus silk carré scarves, ready-to-wear, watches, homeware and fragrance, with bags produced in French ateliers and sold on long waitlists. Axel Dumas, a sixth-generation family member, is executive chairman and Pierre-Alexis Dumas artistic director. In April 2025 Hermès briefly overtook LVMH as the world's most valuable luxury company by market capitalisation.
- Founded
- 1837
- Origin
- Paris, France
- Made in
- France
- Price
- $$$$$
- Focus
- Unisex
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Quiet luxury, Minimalist / Contemporary