Hermès Kelly

The Kelly handbag is not sold in the Hermès online store, so no alert can bring you one. What carries the Kelly name online is the Dépêches line: the Dépêches 25 pouch at £7,530 in Togo and the Dépêches 36 briefcase at £9,530, plus the Kelly To Go wallet. This page shows what we have actually recorded.

The Kelly bag is not sold online

Hermès does not list the Kelly handbag on hermes.com. It is a boutique purchase, and no monitoring service can change that: we watch the online store, and a bag that never appears there can never trigger an alert. If someone offers you Kelly alerts, they are selling you something the store does not do.

That is why this page is not a Kelly buying guide. It is a record of the items sold under the Kelly name that do appear online, with the dimensions and prices Hermès published for them and our own count of how often they showed up.

What carries the Kelly name online

The Dépêches line is flat and rectangular, built around the Kelly closure: two straps over a turn lock. The Dépêches 25 is a pouch, big enough for a tablet and papers and meant to be carried in the hand or under the arm. The Dépêches 36 is a briefcase, listed by Hermès with a shoulder strap.

The third item is the Kelly To Go, a long wallet with a strap, which we also track. It is in our catalogue, but we have not recorded it in the online store since our figures began, so it has no row of its own in the table below.

Kelly Dépêches sizes

Hermès dimensions
ModelDimensions, cmDimensions, inchesWhat fits
Kelly depeches 2525.5 × 20 × 410.0″ × 7.9″ × 1.6″Tablet, papers, phone, card case
Kelly depeches 3636.6 × 29 × 514.4″ × 11.4″ × 2.0″A4 documents, laptop, folder
Kelly depeches 25 monochrome25.4 × 20.1 × 4.110.0″ × 7.9″ × 1.6″Tablet, papers, phone, card case

What fits

The Dépêches 25 is 25.5 × 20 × 4 cm. An A5 sheet of 21 × 14.8 cm slips in easily and a tablet lies flat; a bank card at 8.6 × 5.4 cm disappears into it. At 4 cm deep it is a pouch for flat things, not a day bag.

The Dépêches 36 is 36.6 × 29 × 5 cm, which takes an A4 sheet of 29.7 × 21 cm with room around it, so documents and a laptop go in without folding. The monochrome version of the 25, with black PVD hardware instead of palladium, measures 25.4 × 20.1 × 4.1 cm — the same pouch to within a millimetre.

Hermès Kelly Dépêches prices

In the UK the Dépêches 25 costs £7,530 in Togo or Epsom calfskin, £8,410 in Barenia Faubourg and £10,360 in Box calfskin. The Dépêches 36 costs £9,530 in Togo or Epsom. In the United States the same pouch is $11,100 and the briefcase $14,100; the monochrome pouch in Box calfskin is $16,900. The Barenia Faubourg pouch is the only version with a Japanese price we could confirm, at ¥1,804,000.

Hermès retail prices by country
Model and materialUnited KingdomFrance (EU)JapanUnited States
Kelly depeches 25 — Togo calfskin£7,530$11,100
Kelly depeches 25 — Barenia Faubourg calfskin£8,410¥1,804,000
Kelly depeches 25 — Box calfskin£10,360
Kelly depeches 36 — Togo calfskin£9,530$14,100
Kelly depeches 25 — Epsom calfskin£7,530$11,100
Kelly depeches 25 monochrome — Box calfskin$16,900
Kelly depeches 36 — Epsom calfskin£9,530$14,100

Official Hermès retail prices as of 17 September 2026

Leathers and colours

Four leathers appear across the Dépêches line. Togo and Epsom are the two everyday grains: Togo is matt with a round, irregular grain, Epsom is printed, firmer and holds its shape. Box calfskin is smooth and glossy and takes a patina; Barenia Faubourg is the most expensive and darkens in the areas most exposed.

Leathers
LeatherAppearanceFeelOver timeSizes
Togosince 1997Matt; round and irregular grain; veins and wrinkles often visible and very pronouncedDry; quite responsive; well-roundedSoftensdepeches-25, depeches-36
Barenia Faubourgsince 2016A minuscule printed grain which reproduces a drum grainWaxy; velvetyAcquires a patina like Barenia; darkens in the most exposed areasdepeches-25
Boxsince 1920Smooth and glossy; deep tone; long, fine grainPolished and ultra-smoothDelicate; sensitive to scratches at first, acquires a beautiful patina; the glossiness fades; keeps its shapedepeches-25
Epsomsince 2004Small, regular and slightly glossy grain; uniform; deep colorsDry, with a slightly "up and down" grainKeeps its shape, scratch-resistant. The grain fades in areas exposed to a lot of contact or rubbingdepeches-25, depeches-36

Colours seen online

Colours we could confirm from the colour code in the article number on Hermès product pages for the Dépêches line:

Is the Kelly available online

This section comes from our own monitoring of the Hermès online store, not from Hermès. The handbag has no row because it is never listed; the rows below are the Dépêches pouch and briefcase. One appearance is one item seen within one hour, however many colours were listed at the same time.

Online appearances of the Hermès Kelly by size
SizeLast seen onlineAppearancesAverage gapStorefronts
Kelly Dépêches 2521 September 202695About every 1 dayFrance, South Korea and Spain
Kelly Dépêches 3622 September 202621About every 6 daysSouth Korea and France
Kelly To Go19 September 20265About every 7 hoursSpain

We recorded 116 appearances of the Kelly since 29 May 2026. The Kelly Dépêches 36 accounts for 17% of the appearances where the size was known, so it is the version to watch if you are flexible.

The most recent appearance was on 22 September 2026. Across all sizes, a new appearance comes about every 1 day on average.

Most appearances with a known storefront were in France, South Korea and Spain. Country figures only include storefronts we can identify with certainty; restocks in other EU stores are counted in the totals above but not by country.

Figures updated 22 September 2026

How to buy a Kelly

The handbag, in a boutique

The Kelly handbag is bought in a Hermès boutique, and Hermès publishes no rules about how it is offered. Buyers report that it is rarely on display, that a sales associate decides what is shown, and that a first visit asking for one rarely works. Our guides on how the process actually goes are linked at the end of this page.

The Dépêches, online

The pouch and the briefcase are sold on hermes.com in the countries we monitor. Restocks are not announced and listings can sell out within the hour, which is what our figures above are for: they show how often each item has actually come back and in which storefronts.

On the resale market

Both the handbag and the Dépêches are sold pre-owned, usually above retail for the bag. Buy from a seller who authenticates each item, and read the listing carefully: Dépêches, To Go and the handbag are different products that share one name.

Frequently asked questions

Can you buy a Hermès Kelly online?

Not the handbag. Hermès does not list it on hermes.com, so it cannot appear in the online store and no monitoring service can notify you about one. The items sold online under the Kelly name are the Dépêches 25 pouch, the Dépêches 36 briefcase and the Kelly To Go wallet.

How much is a Kelly Dépêches?

On Hermès product pages checked on 17 September 2026, the Dépêches 25 pouch costs £7,530 in Togo or Epsom calfskin, £8,410 in Barenia Faubourg and £10,360 in Box calfskin. The Dépêches 36 briefcase costs £9,530. In the United States the pouch is $11,100 and the briefcase $14,100.

How big is the Kelly Dépêches 25?

Hermès gives it as 25.5 × 20 × 4 cm. That takes a tablet, papers and a phone lying flat, but at 4 cm deep it is a pouch rather than a bag. The Dépêches 36 briefcase is 36.6 × 29 × 5 cm and holds A4 documents.

Does Fairy bag track the Kelly?

We track what the online store sells: the Dépêches pouch and briefcase and the To Go wallet. The handbag is not part of the online catalogue, so we make no promise about it. The table above shows what we have recorded and when.

Dépêches restock alerts

Fairy bag watches the Hermès online store and writes to you when the Dépêches pouch or briefcase appears, with a direct link to the product page. Choose the items and the countries you can buy from, and the message comes by email or Telegram.