Hermès · Tier 1

Sac à Dépêches

Catalogued July 2026

The Sac à Dépêches is Hermès's structured briefcase, a rigid trapezoidal case with a single rolled top handle, two leather sangles that loop over a turn-lock clasp, and a padlock on a leather clochette. Designed by Robert Dumas in 1928 as a document or dispatch bag, it is the design that fed into the later Kelly, which is why collectors call it the Birkin's or Kelly's older brother. It is still made, in sizes from a small crossbody up to the roughly 36 to 41 cm briefcases, and unlike the Birkin and Kelly it is not a quota bag.