Anyone fancying an equine splurge might want to visit the new Irish Hermes website

Impetus

Obviously this is not an advert, but I suspect that people with horses might be interested in Hermes new Irish website.

Order online – saddles, horse rugs and blankets from €300 ish.
Ultimate horse rug: http://ireland.hermes.com/equestrian/for-the-horse/couvertures-et-chemises/horse-rugs/configurable-product-800146e.html

Also: http://ireland.hermes.com/equestrian/for-the-horse/couvertures-et-chemises/couvertures-rocabar-1/configurable-product-800142e-27053.html

Bridals etc. and lots more: http://ireland.hermes.com/equestrian.html

A veritable equine art gallery of accessories.

Hermes is not like Amazon. Things take time. Be prepared to wait for months for the goods to be made and delivered.

You can define the saddle – colour, features etc online and get an immediate price. Louis Vuitton has far better customer service, but their product range does do not include equines.

Which is where Hermes started life, and whose sales are now close to €4 billion.

marizpan

After reading your post, I was like ' great, time for shopping, get the credit card!'.

Nearly fell off the chair laughing at the prices! I like my horses but not that much😉

Impetus

marizpan wrote: »

After reading your post, I was like ' great, time for shopping, get the credit card!'.

Nearly fell off the chair laughing at the prices! I like my horses but not that much😉

While I would tend to agree.... value is remembered long after price is forgotten.

Kamili

marizpan wrote: »

After reading your post, I was like ' great, time for shopping, get the credit card!'.

Nearly fell off the chair laughing at the prices! I like my horses but not that much😉

Wow... I agree. Over 700 for a fleece rug that I know my rug ripper will have destroyed in no time... No thanks!

Valentina

I felt sick when my horse ripped a €50 Horseware fleece the first time I put it on her. No way am I spending €700 on one :P

Dark Phoenix

dear sweet baby jesus. €230 for stirrups that literally look identical to normal stainless steel stirrups and white rubbers. They might go nicely with my €430 normal cotton looking saddle pad though?

Do people actually buy this stuff?!

Kamili

Here's an interesting read about the quality of their saddles.

http://www.impulsionunlimited.com/Blog/2010/05/18/hermes-dressage-saddle-review/