Hermes leather forever exhibition

I thought i would do a post on a Hermes exhibition i went to in London, it may not be that interesting but you dont have to read it.

Hermes is one of the worlds most iconic and Loved designers, it has been around for 175 years! Most famous now for there handmade hand bags but now hosting everything from silk scarves, ties, jewellery to shoes (everything) there most famous handbag is the Birken which unless you are a very rich person and or are lucky enough to actualy find one as they sell out straight away, most celebs or rich people have theres specialy ordered in.
This Leather Forever Hermes exhibition explores the 175 year history and fascination with creating designer objects from leather. Held in the Royal Academy of Art's sister space, 6 Burlington Gardens, this is a chance for fans of the Hermes brand to get up close and personal with some of the most stylish bags in the world.

My mum is a massive fan of this brand and has over the years purchased a few items, bags, scarves and jewellery (ill hopefully inherit these lol) as my mum is now well known to staff in Glasgow she was kindly offered two tickets to the Hermes opening exhibition 'Leather Forever' in London.
I was lucky enough to be able to go down with her for this so we made a day and a half trip down to London.

After spending a day wandering round london and shopping - i was very well behaved in the shopping side as nothing realy caught my eye so the only things i realy bought was a Harrods patent carry bag and a gift for my hubby - mum on the other hand treated herself in the Hermes shop.. Ill say no more lol.
While we were in the shop though the kind lady serving gave us the name of a restaurant to go to for dinner before the event, it was straight accross the road from the exhibition hall which sounded ideal since it was raining and we dont know London well. So i got a table booked and we headed home with only an hour to get ready! Nightmare but hey ho.

The restaurant was called Cecconis, the food was gorgous and the staff were great, as i said this was straight accross from the event so we had our meal and nipped accross the road just in time for it starting.
The place was full of people that looked very 'well to do' if you know what i mean and i think everyone except me had something Hermes on, even the men had Hermes ties and two guys had printed shirts and handbags! mum did offer me a bag to use but i dont know why i said "no it was ok" proberly scared i damaged it! (i pottered about with my primark special lol)
So as we arrived and took a glass of champagne we headed up the grand staircase and stood at the top to hear a speach from the three main owners of Hermes and how they put this event together and there inspiration for the event. After that they directed everyone to start of the exhibition and everyone strolled round the rooms eyeing everything up, they had rooms with samples of the leather they use, they had two people demonstration how they make the handbags this was facinating! Everything is made by hand, even all the stitching was double stitched by the makers, they also had bags from there Paris history archives dating back to 1930's!
After walking round everything they had two rooms where everyone could mingle and a buffet (it looked amazing, to bad we had ate already) we went round again when it was quiet then hung around for a bit but as everyone there mostly new each other from somewhere or are socialite minglers wed had our view and decided to head back to the hotel as it had been a long day and we seen everything there was to be seen.

This event is open to the public now for a few more days and is free entry so if anyone is around london i would recommend popping in