Luxury goods are back in fashion.
French high-end fashion house Hermes International Thursday said first-quarter sales jumped 19%, the latest luxury purveyor to unveil a strong rebound after last year's sales were smacked by the economic crisis. Hermes, whose Kelly bags and silk scarves are luxury classics, said sales totaled 508 million euros ($651.3 million) in the first three months of the year, compared with 472 million euros a year earlier.