We’ve covered the exquisitely detailed work of Hermes Window Design Director Leïla Menchari previously, and she continues to create unique, spellbindingly intricate designs for the brand’s Paris flagship with the change of every season. Hermes released this photo of Menchari’s Winter 2011 work on Facebook yesterday, leaving all of us playing a dazzling game of Where’s Waldo with some of the world’s most expensive handbags. How many can you spot? Click the image for a larger view.
Image via Hermes.
Very colourful (ipad)
Would love to see this in Paris (ipad)
So pretty, plus she has my daughter’s name! (ipad)
I wish they also had this in their NY store…. (ipad)
I only spotted 2 purses. LOL. This looks like an easter egg hunt under the sea. Lawd! Just too much going on. Wow (ipad)
It’s just so beautiful! So far I found 6 bags. I want to go live in that window and escape the awful dreary winter! (ipad)
Wow…lots to look at…kind of overwhelms the bags! I only found 5! (ipad)
I can only see 2 bags, better keep looking (ipad)
It’s breathtaking….but kind of defeats the purpose a little when it’s like Where’s Waldo with the bags! (iPad)
Its so pretty…I can only see 4, really ..6? (ipad)
gorgeous wish i was there in person to see this (ipad)
It’s so gorgeous and I would love to make a trip up to Paris. And I saw 5?? (ipad)
This window is breathtakingly beautiful. This is art. I love the opulence – it is like a painting.
I can spot 5 handbags. Not sure about one item, which could be another handbag…. (iPad)
Wow. The window display looks so magical! (ipad)
I’m only seeing three. (ipad)
I found 5 bags.(ipad)
this is a beautiful painting, very eye catching. (ipad)
Pretty, but..where are the bags??? (ipad)
i found 3… i want a larger version of this to make it my desktop bg, its so beautiful! (ipad)
Beautiful! (ipad)
I can barely see any bags…(ipad)
I love it! (iPad)
Where’s Waldo? (ipad)
Love it! Looks like a magical wonderland! (iPad)
I only see 1 (ipad)
Definitely gets my attention! (ipad)
That is stunning. It looks like a scene from a fairy tale. (ipad)
It’s beautiful! I spotted 4 bags but I’ve been looking @ a computer screen for 8 long hours (ipad)
lol @ Kelly – Where’s Waldo, what if the caption was Where’s Hermes
Wait, wait I’ve found another one! 5 lol (ipad)
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A larger version of the photo would be cool, it sur ebeats playing where’s wally (ipad)
it looks very “alice and wonderland-y” but needs more bags! (ipad)
I love those green curtains (if you can call them that)!!!! (ipad)
I only found three bags.. (ipad)
very inspirational, like a piece of art (ipad)
i see 5 beautiful bags(: i would love to live in that display window! (ipad)
Perfect just prefct so very Hermes so very over the top together with classic beauty I just love this window it’s just……………. Perfect !!!!!!!!!
I found 6 bags; I would like to know how many there actually are. The display is lovely! (ipad)
Wow, way over the top and lots of fun! (ipad)
I found 5…pretty sure there are more. (ipad)
For once, I don’t find such opulence appealing. What I like about Hermes is their sleek, clean, sophisticated, minimalistic lines. This display is just too much… and impossible to see the product. But perhaps that was the idea in the first place – Alice in the Wonderland?… (ipad)
All that ‘busy’ is hiding the beautiful bags! Boo!!! I think I saw 6 bags, but 5 for sure. It is very pretty tho. Different. (ipad)
Very pretty. Would love to see a coffee book of their window displays (ipad)
Stunning! (ipad)
Wow, what a beautiful display! I agree with Sue! I would love to see a coffee table book of their windows too! (Ipad)
Very pretty, but I like ads who show me a situation I would like to be in or person I would like to be. This window does neither for me, personally. (ipad)
Beautiful! and I found five. (ipad)
It’s so beautiful, like a flowery Hermes fairyland! (ipad)
It’s a gorgeous display, but since I can only see three bags, maybe a little *less* busy so that you can actually see what they’re trying to sell? (ipad)
too much going on here!!! (ipad)
this is a window display!!!! (ipad)
WOW! (ipad)
i love it (ipad)
never seen anything like it (ipad)
wow where did they start lol (ipad)
🙂 (ipad)
I love that display. Wish I could live inside that window! (ipad)
Now this is creative and beautiful, a wonderful way of incorporating a product yet making art of it, bravo! (ipad)
looks like heaven! (ipad)
I only found 4 bags. You have to give us the answer key! (ipad)
total 11 handbags. I counted them myself. Count them yourself 🙂
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I love the creativity. Hermes windows in Paris are the best no matter what the season. (ipad)
So beautiful! I could just sit in there all day and do artsy things 🙂 (ipad)
soooo pretty ! (ipad)
Lovely window. I see at least 4 bags. Hard to tell with a photo. Would love to see it IRL. (Ipad)
Beautiful beautiful 😀 (iPad)
I spotted 3..But their so much going on, though its lovely I can’t see many of the bags that I’m sure is there..(ipad)
So pretty (ipad)
Eye candy (ipad)
It seems very fairy tale-ish and cute. The flowers are romantic. (ipad)
This is so decadent and lovely! (ipad)
This is pure fantasy! (ipad)
fantastical! (ipad)
there is way to much happening its pretty but overwhelming maybe have to see it in person.(ipad)
amazing! (ipad)
I really need to go to Paris during winter holidays to see the amazing window displays! I LOVE this photo of Hermes.
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WOW!! It’s spectacular!! (ipad)
OMG ! Beautiful and fun ! Stunning (ipad)
Beautiful! I can only imagine how long that display must have taken to put together!
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Too much going on… (ipad)
Talk about totally removing focus from the product. I know Hermes bags kinda sell themselves but seriously was there a free for all at the flower market?
Talk about totally removing focus from the product. I know Hermes bags kinda sell themselves but seriously was there a free for all at the flower market? (ipad)
i live in paris,i saw the boutique, it’s Pierre Hermé Macaron in the store !!! very delicious and amazing windows
Amazing! (ipad)
Very Alice in Wonderland – very spring and fun, but the pretty bags get lost. But I guess it forces you to stop stare and look for them. Where’s Hermes (waldo)?
Wonder if you can smell the flowers there so many (ipad)
OTT
aarrrgghhh..
this is frustrating!
i can’t see the bags clearly!!
i can tell that hermes wants to create the mysterious-kinda-display but wish they would put the bags on a better-viewing position!
after all, it’s the bags that we want to see!! (ipad)
Wow very pretty. I spotted five (ipad)
I saw about five.
Is this to display the bags or the flowers? I would love it if this were some little girl’s birthday party.
However, it’s a wonderful marketing strategy. It’s so much going on that you have no choice but to go inside of the store to see the handbags. Which may also lead to a purchase.
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It looks dreamlike, I lvoe this window!
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A dreamlike window!!
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OMFG! (ipad).
feels like wonderland! (ipad)
Is this some sort of a game ? Spot as many bags as you can ? …. the window is creative and colorful but totally overshadows the bags and kill the first rule of marketing – never trade product focus for style (ipad)
It’s creative but it looks borderline tacky. I didn’t even notice handbags. (ipad)
Wow, stunning! (ipad)
Beautiful! I can’t find more than 4 bags, but I guess they don’t need to “sell” in the window. (ipad)
Just goes to show you that Hermes land is a special, dreamy place that only the chosen few can go. Sigh.
Seriously wow! (ipad)
Think about the time and effort to create that! (ipad)
Colors are amazing (ipad)
WOW!!!! (ipad)
I could only find two. (ipad)
This is so dreamy (ipad)
wow! that must have taken some serious work!
i really like it. and i could spot 4 bags
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Hermes can never do no wrong!
Hermes can never do no wrong! (ipad)
i want to be in there!! (ipad)
wow it’s like a fairy tale!! (ipad)
wow! (ipad)
4 bags. 3 birkins and 1 shoulder bag
beautiful (ipad)
I’ve spotted four, I bet this display would catch everyone’s attention. (ipad)
fabulous (ipad)
I counted five.
Maybe six (but the sixth one is very small if it is a bag at all).
So fun to look at (ipad)
love it! wish I could see it for real (ipad)
Absolutely Gorgeous! (ipad)
sumptuous!!! (ipad)
Speechless. I seen more of her windows but this one is just, wow… The hundreds of flowers with the bags, scarves and accessories between them; it just looks amazing! (ipad)
Wow… Those colors!! (ipad)
I spotted 5 Hermes bags! 😉 (ipad)
WOW!! but I only spotted 2 hermes bags(ipad)
that’s so pretty and magical (ipad)
Feels like Alice in Wonderland (ipad)
The Mad Hatter had symptoms of Mercury poisoning (ipad)
Like magic (ipad)
I wonder how long it took to create (ipad)
So many things hidden (ipad)
So many things to find (ipad)
What a wonderful job she must have – being able to create such wonderful visions like that. (ipad)
whimsical (ipad)
very eye-catching display. i spotted 5 handbags ^.^
Gorgeous! Would love to see this in person. (ipad)
That is absolutely gorgeous! Wish I could go to Paris and see it in person! (ipad)
I wonder how much the display costs. (ipad)
OMG reminds just of where’s Waldo and those books where you find an object! (ipad)
Its like a dream, beautiful. (ipad)
i love this its like a picture of my dreams i wish i could have all the bags (ipad)
It looks like something out of Alice in Wonderland I love it!! Though I can only find 4 bags in the pic lol (ipad)
Has anyone ever purchased or heard of hauteexclusives.com which is a reseller of Hermes Bags.
I would like to purchase a bag from this store but my banker/accountant has demanded that I reassure them that this is indeed a ligit business since I am being asked to send monies to a person that I’ve never talked to in person.
Any feedback is more than truly appreciated.
With thanks