Hermès Haut à Courroies means High Belts in French. This bag also called the old birkin. The Haut à Courroies, or HAC, was designed in the late 1800’s for the purpose of transporting riding gear: saddle, boots, hunting equipment, etc. The HAC was the original travel bag model from which Hermes created the Birkin by making it handbag size.
Hermes HAC is taller than the Birkin, and has shorter straps. Today Hermes makes both HAC and Birkins in handbag sizes, however they have different metal hardware. Hermes Birkin has square(instead of rounded)brackets to hold the straps as well as a round Birkin turnkey, as opposed the square one normally used on Hermes HAC.
Leathers information
togo - grained leather, holds its shape quite well a bit stiff not very scratch prone a little glowclemence - more matte then togo a flatter grained very buttery soft so it slouches more (it looks a bit like ironed togo)
epsom - stiff textured leather (kind to be compared to vuitton taiga) has a wonderful sheen to it but to some it appears plasticy colours are way darker on this leather very scratch resistant.
fjord - very heavy bull leather very textured but also sturd and nearly waterproof it looks a bit masculine.
chevre de coromandel - goat leather with a shiny finish very exotic looking due to the spine soft lightweight scratch resistant durable.
chevre mysore - a more matte goat leather where the spine is less durable.
box - classic shiny box calf leather prone to scratches but ages wonderfully and gets a gorgeous patina very classic looking.
chamonix - a variation of box leather but matte looking.
Barenia - a classic saddle calf leather.
ostrich- the lightest leather of them all very durable no problem with water get softer while the years go by but still holds its shape no problem with water ages wonderfully.
lizard - a very exotic looking leather if ordered in glazed it sparkles like diamond encrusted due to the small scales. can not handle water at all ages well but there is the possibility that the scales lift so take good care of it.
porosus croc - the queen of the crocs very even and small scale pattern can not handle water well due to the glazing but really makes colours pop ages but colours appear darker on it ages gracefully.
niloticus croc - a more "wild" looking croc scale pattern colours tend to look really vibrant on it a tad cheaper than porosus and it is just a personal taste thing which croc pattern you love more
The price for a HAC is essentially identical to Hermes Birkin, starting from about $8,000, depending on features such as hide and hardware.there are 6 sizes available :
HAC W27 : H24 x W27 x D14
HAC W32 : H27 x W32 x D16
HAC W45 : H38 x W45 x D25
HAC W50 : H41 x W50 x D26
HAC W55 : H45 x W55 x D28
HAC W60 : H48 x W60 x D30
Katie Holmes was spotted with this bag in size 55 cm, Pamela Anderson was spotted going through the airport in Berlin with a Hermes HAC, and Pharrel Williams has a custom made HAC purple croc!!!
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