What we choose to keep

Collectors & Legacy

A collection can begin with a color, a memory or the pleasure of looking closely. Here, the interest is in the person and what an object comes to mean. Discover published stories of attachment, care and collecting. Consider what you would want someone else to know about a piece you hope to pass on.

AI-generated contextual illustration: a worn cognac leather drawstring pouch, a blank cream envelope and a pressed flower rest in a linen-lined walnut drawer. — AI-generated contextual illustration of a worn unbranded leather pouch, blank envelope and pressed flower in a drawer. Not a documented collection or an exact Hermès object.AI-generated editorial illustration for MyQuotaBag Heritage, 2026. Generated asset; do not assign a Creative Commons license without a separate decision.

Famous collectors

Famous Hermès collectors

Jane Birkin, Grace Kelly, Kim Kardashian, Cardi B, Drake and more: the people whose collections became part of the story, every fact sourced.

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What we pass on with an object

Collecting as attention: preserving useful records, personal memories and room for the next owner to make a different story.

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A longer life, one decision at a time

Care, repair and the everyday choices that help us live with the objects we already own.

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