Hermès Black Togo Cityslide Waistbag GM — 2020
The Hermès Cityslide Waistbag in Black Togo leather from the 2020 Menswear Collection is the most refined and versatile configuration of the entire Cityslide family — and in the GM (grand modèle) format, one of the rarest. Black Togo is the definitive everyday Hermès combination: unmatched in durability, endlessly wearable, and immediately identifiable to those who know what they are looking at. Since the Cityslide's discontinuation in 2021–2022, finding the GM in this condition has become a genuine challenge.
Black Togo — The Purist's Choice
Among all Hermès leather and colour combinations, Black Togo is the one that requires no justification and offers no compromise. Black absorbs every context — formal, casual, travel, city — without adjusting, and Togo calfskin's naturally pebbled, slightly matte surface gives black a depth and texture that smooth leathers cannot achieve. Where a black box or Swift leather reads as polished and formal, black Togo reads as quietly authoritative — a distinction that experienced Hermès buyers understand immediately. The palladium (silver-tone) hardware is the correct pairing: cool, precise, and understated against the deep black leather.
The GM Format — More Capacity, Greater Presence
The GM (grand modèle) is the larger of the two Cityslide sizes and the more sought-after on the secondary market. Its increased dimensions allow it to carry meaningfully more than the PM — phone, wallet, keys, passport, AirPods, and additional essentials — while its broader profile gives it a more substantial presence on the body. The GM was produced in smaller numbers than the PM and, in desirable leathers like Black Togo, is the first configuration to disappear from the secondary market when it surfaces.
2020 Production — The Final Generation
This 2020 example comes from the last years of Cityslide production before discontinuation — making it a piece with a defined end point in Hermès's catalogue history. Unlike the 2017 inaugural year pieces which were produced in a wider range of materials including runway-exclusive shearling and canvas, the 2020 Togo versions represent the Cityslide at its most refined and commercially considered: the design fully settled, the leather choice optimal, the hardware perfected. It is in many ways the definitive Cityslide.
A Note on the Cityslide's Discontinuation
The Hermès Cityslide was quietly retired in 2021–2022 without announcement or fanfare — as is Hermès's way. Since then, demand on the secondary market has grown steadily as buyers who missed it during production have come to understand what they lost access to. A Black Togo GM from 2020 is not simply a used bag — it is a closed chapter in Hermès's menswear history.
