Short answer
Picotin Lock is a Hermès bucket bag. It has one flat leather handle, a leather tab through the top loop, and a small padlock charm. The number in the name is the width in centimeters. Picotin Lock 22 measures about 22 cm across. Hermès publishes its own size names. Reseller listings add height and depth figures that differ from one listing to the next.
"Picnic" is the label Hermès and resellers use for woven versions of a shape. The bodies are osier, wicker, or rattan with leather trim. Picnic versions exist for several Hermès models. Public Hermès material for a "Picotin Picnic 22" is thin. Most listings that use that name show a woven body, leather top trim, leather handles, and the standard Picotin lock.
What "fake Picotin Picnic 22" covers
Sellers use the phrase for two different items. One is a copy of a woven Picotin with a rattan or paper-cord body. The other is a standard leather Picotin 22 from a storefront that uses a picnic theme in its name. Read the photos before the title. A woven body and a leather body are not the same product.
Details worth checking in photos
- Handle base: count stitches per inch and check the angle.
- Top loop: the leather tab should pass through a leather loop, not a metal ring.
- Padlock: weight in hand. Solid brass feels dense. Zinc alloy feels light.
- Woven body: rattan has visible nodes. Paper cord is smooth and uniform.
- Edge paint: thin layer, no drips at the base.
- Blind stamp: heat-stamped into the leather, not printed on top.
Materials and price tiers
Replica listings fall into three ranges. Entry copies under about $150 use split leather with a polyurethane coating and plated zinc hardware. Mid copies from about $150 to $350 use full-grain cowhide or sheepskin and heavier plating. Higher tiers above $350 claim imported leather and solid brass. Woven versions add a cost step for the frame and the hand work. Treat these as listing ranges, not appraisals.
Authentic Picotin Lock 22 bags resell in the low thousands of US dollars. Hermès picnic pieces in wicker resell higher.
US legal position
Trademark counterfeiting is a federal crime under 18 U.S.C. 2320. A first offense carries up to 10 years in prison and a fine. Customs and Border Protection seizes counterfeit goods at the border. CBP guidance permits one counterfeit article per person in accompanied baggage for personal use. Everything else is subject to seizure. Buying copies for resale in the US is trafficking, not personal use. Hermès owns the HERMÈS and Picotin marks.
What is not known
Hermès does not publish production numbers or a complete archive of picnic variants. No public record confirms a Picotin Picnic 22 as a catalog item. Any listing that claims otherwise is making a claim the seller cannot document.