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Hermès Kelly 28 Sellier HSS Noir Vermillon Epsom Rose Gold Hardware
A Horseshoe Special Order is a configuration no boutique shelf carries: commissioned by an established client, marked with the horseshoe beside the stamp, and built to a specification Hermès will not repeat for general production.
The object record
- Condition
- 1 – Pristine
- Date stamp
- W (2024) (HSS)
- Material
- Epsom
- Made in
- France
- Color
- Noir (89) / Vermillon (interior)
- Metallic finish
- Rose Gold
- Handle drop
- 10 cm | 3.9"
- Strap drop
- 36 cm | 14.2"
- Interior
- Vermillon Chèvre
- Dimensions
- L 28 × H 22 × D 10 cm | L 11" × H 8.7" × D 3.9"
- Includes
- Dust Bag, Clochette, Lock, Keys, Strap
- Care
- Protect from humidity, prolonged light and extreme heat, and seek an appropriate assessment before treatment. Care Guide
The story behind the Kelly
Created in the 1930s by Robert Dumas as a women's bag with straps: a trapezoid with two triangular gussets, a cutout flap, a handle and two side straps. It took the Kelly name in 1956, when Grace Kelly made it famous. Sellier construction keeps the seams on the outside for a more defined outline; Retourné construction turns them inside for softer edges. The leather does not decide the construction: Box calf Kellys are recorded in both.
Discover Hermès Kelly BagsThis one is an exercise in concealment: Noir Epsom outside, holding the Sellier's rigid geometry in the most restrained color the house makes, and a saturated Vermillon interior that appears only when the flap lifts, orange-red against black, the entire personality of the bag kept private until it opens.
Rose Gold hardware completes the specification with the rarest of the three standard finishes, a warm pink-gold that reads as standard Gold at distance and reveals itself only at close range, the same quiet-then-personal logic as the interior. Epsom's pressed grain keeps the edges crisp and resists scratching, suited to a Sellier built to be carried rather than stored.
Collector's Insight:
This specification stacks three independently constrained variables: the bicolor Verso interior available only through Special Order, Epsom allocation, and Rose Gold hardware, which cannot be requested through standard channels. Noir over a hidden red is the classic SO logic, maximum exterior versatility with a private signature inside, and Epsom is the less common HSS Sellier choice over Chèvre, trading suppleness for edge retention and scratch resistance.
Resale Insight:
HSS Kelly 28 Selliers trade at premiums over standard production, and Rose Gold examples price above their Gold and Palladium HSS counterparts because the finish cannot be ordered at will, only granted. The Noir exterior gives the piece the widest buyer pool of any SO colorway, while the horseshoe stamp and Vermillon reveal supply the differentiation a standard Noir Kelly cannot, a combination that keeps black-exterior HSS pieces among the fastest-moving Special Orders on the secondary market.
Condition, defined +
Every piece is graded on the JANEFINDS five-tier scale: 1 Pristine, 2 Excellent, 3 Very Good, 4 Good, 5 Vintage, Well-Loved. Each tier is defined in writing in The Condition Guide.
The JANEFINDS standard +
Every piece is authenticated in-house and individually inspected, and ships with a JANEFINDS Certificate of Authenticity.
Delivery and payment +
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Returns +
This piece is final sale and is not eligible for return or refund. Full details in our Returns and Exchanges policy.
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The Condition Guide
