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Hermès
Hermès was founded in 1837 in Paris by Thierry Hermès, initially as a harness and saddle workshop serving European carriage trade, before the company later expanded into leather goods and handbags, retaining strong equestrian design influences throughout its later product lines. The company's Birkin bag, created in 1984 after a chance airplane meeting between Hermès executive Jean-Louis Dumas and actress Jane Birkin, became one of the most exclusive and highest-resale-value handbags in the world, with Hermès deliberately limiting production and requiring established purchase history before customers can buy one. Hermès has remained substantially family-controlled since its founding, resisting a notable hostile takeover attempt by LVMH in the early 2010s, and the company's continued family ownership structure is frequently cited within the luxury industry as central to its sustained ultra-premium brand positioning. Hermès's combination of the Birkin bag's deliberately scarce, waitlist-driven exclusivity and its sustained family ownership resisting LVMH's takeover attempt has made it one of the most prestigious luxury handbag brands in the world.
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Gucci
Gucci was founded in 1921 in Florence, Italy by Guccio Gucci, who had previously worked at London's Savoy Hotel, an experience that reportedly inspired his appreciation for luxury craftsmanship and quality luggage that shaped his subsequent leather goods business. The brand's signature bamboo-handled handbag, introduced in 1947 during a period of leather shortages following World War II, became one of Gucci's most recognizable design elements, and the company's interlocking double-G logo became one of the most widely recognized luxury monograms in the fashion industry. Gucci experienced a significant creative and commercial revival under creative director Tom Ford during the 1990s, transforming the brand's image with a bolder, more provocative aesthetic that significantly increased Gucci's cultural relevance and sales after a period of declining brand prestige. Gucci's combination of its wartime-driven bamboo-handle design innovation and its dramatic 1990s Tom Ford-led revival has made it one of the most commercially and culturally significant luxury handbag brands in fashion history.
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