Hermes Birkin

[whyDreamSmall]

The "Birkin" bag is a handbag manufactured by leather goods and ready-to-wear manufacturer Hermes. It is named after British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a longtime resident of France.

Generally, the price of a Birkin starts at approximately $7500 USD, not including sales taxes, but can reach 5- and sometimes 6-digit prices, particularly when the bag is constructed from exotic animal skins. Allegedly, the waiting list for a Birkin is over two years. In practice, however, many stores have a "call list" and an "order list", both usually consisting of clients who have in one way or another become "regulars" or have formed a relationship with a particular Sales Associate.
Hermès does not sell its handbags online or to online retailers. Authentic Birkin bags are sometimes available on auction websites such as eBay, though often at a very high markup over the retail price. It is also possible to acquire a used Birkin bag at couture-consignment shops. In Plum Sykes' novel Bergdorf Blondes (2004), the character Julie Bergdorf steals a Birkin from her family's store, Bergdorf Goodman, to avoid a three-year wait, although in reality Birkins are only sold by Hermès, are not available (as claimed in the novel) in pink with fur trim, and probably would not require such a long wait for a socialite like her.





Does anyone here have one?

[Dunnymonster]

At those prices sadly not. Here is one currently on E Bay for a cool buy it now price if just a mere $100,000 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ONLY-1-IN-THE-...d=p3286.c0.m14

[darkside_kiddo]

If the headline/picture didn't suggest otherwise i'd guess Pharrel's bag was for ladies

[Dunnymonster]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, no matter how " Hard Man" you try to hold it, it still looks like a womens bag!

[honcho]

i saw a whole stall full down roman road market going for a tenner a piece.

[Dunnymonster]

Just a tenner eh, they must be real ones for sure. And to think i was just about to bid $100,001 for that one on E Bay, glad you told me, I'll get 2 now! LOL

[whyDreamSmall]

Originally Posted by honcho

i saw a whole stall full down roman road market going for a tenner a piece.

make sure you get a neon purple one, rock it hard

[Jaqoda]

I bet you could get a pink fur trimmed one if you had enough dolla.

I think its a little bit immoral to spend that much on a bag, when you could get a bunch of kidney dialysis machines for a hospital for a similar price and I bet you'd get more satisfaction out of it.

[Dunnymonster]

You probably would, plus they never go out of fashion either!

[Jaqoda]

Originally Posted by Dunnymonster

You probably would, plus they never go out of fashion either!

Nothing says chic like a bunch of pipes sticking in to your veins..