Hermes Transparent Tote Vinyl Kelly with White Accents.

Collectors Dream! Chic transparent tote with stylish white details. Ideal for versatile use. It’s vintage in good condition. Slight colouring on the white stitching. Otherwise no cracking or peeling! In 1996, these PVC bags, complete with gold hardware, were sent out as eye-catching invitations to the Spring Summer show. This first clear Hermès Kelly bag was 32 centimeters with ‘HERMÈS COLLECTION ETE 1996’ scrawled across the front and ‘Kelly Transparent (Special pour Contrôle Sécurité!)’ in French and ‘See Through Kelly (A Special for Security Bag Checks!)’ in English across the bottom. This transparent Vinyl Kelly became so popular that Martin Margiela, then creative director of Hermès, made a new version for its traveling exhibition, which coincided with the fashion house’s 160th birthday. From 1997 to 1999, Hermès held a traveling exhibition in Japan, called ‘Hermès Exhibition in the Wonderland’. Visitors were able to buy the second version of the transparent Kelly and, in 1998, an Orange Vinyl Kelly, too. Seeing these bags outside of Japan is extremely rare. These 40-centimeter versions of the bag are scrawled with the phrase ‘Souvenir de l’Exposition 199X’ (depending on the year it was issued). The underside reads ‘Un Voyage au Pays de Merveilles’,