So, I’ve been doing some, uh, *research* (read: online window shopping and maybe a *little* obsessive price-checking) on these babies. And lemme tell you, Hermes sandals, especially the black ones, are like, the ultimate status symbol, right? It’s that quiet luxury thing. You know, like, “Yeah, I casually dropped a grand on these sandals, no biggie.”
First off, we gotta talk about the Chypre. Black Chypre sandals… Mmm. They’re listed for a cool $1,000 on the Hermes site. A GRAND for sandals! Like, I could pay rent with that! But hey, they look *good*. The leather is probably, like, buttery soft, and I bet they feel amazing on your feet. (I haven’t actually *worn* them, obviously. Just imagining). They also have the Izmir sandals in black, which are a *bargain* at $890. Still expensive, but like, relatively speaking, almost affordable.
Then there’s the Oran. The CLASSIC Oran. And apparently, sizing is a whole *thing*. Like, a real struggle. I’ve seen so many people online debating whether to size up, size down, or just stay true to size. It’s like a mathematical equation nobody can quite solve. And honestly, I think it probably just depends on your feet. Some people swear they run small, others say they’re perfect. Hermes should totally have some kind of foot-scanning app, or like, a sandal-sizing expert you can consult with. That’d be worth the grand, tbh.
And then you gotta think about materials, right? Are you gonna go for leather? Suede? Something else entirely? Black goes with everything, obvs, but the material changes the whole vibe. Suede is kinda bougie, leather is more classic, and I honestly don’t know what other materials they even *do* the Oran in.
The thing is, I kinda want a pair, but also… I can’t justify the price. Like, I could buy, I don’t know, a *used car* for the price of a few pairs of Hermes sandals. Maybe not a *good* used car, but still! It’s a car!
