The Hermès Birkin is one of the most iconic handbags of all time. With a 170-year record of providing the world with the most luxurious leather goods, Hermes handbags have earned their reputation as the most sought-after handbags in history. Hermes handbags have the habit of earning the names of the famous women who wear or inspire their designs.
The Birkin bag is a hand-built purse from Hermès, designed with the actress Jane Birkin in mind. Prices of the standard 35cm Birkin range from around $7,000 – $15,000, depending on the leather or exotic skin, with a price tag far higher for a special edition.
Each Birkin has a unique identification code hand-made by skilled craftsmen, and takes 2 days to make. Only the finest leather and skins are used in its manufacture and the bag’s metal work is plated in untarnishable gold or palladium. Birkin bags are distributed to Hermèsboutiques on unpredictable schedules and limited quantities, creating scarcity and exclusivity.
Hermes has stores all over the world but its hallowed HQ can be founding Paris. Its Paris workrooms produce only five Birkins per week, which explains the long waiting lists!
The outside bag is of various leathers. One of the most expensive is saltwater crocodile skin. Bags with smaller scales cost more than those with larger scales. Typically, a bag lining is goat skin. The color matches the exterior. Hermès discontinues products without notice.
The metallic hardware (the lock, keys, buckle hardware and feet studs) is plated with gold or other non-tarnishing precious metals, such as palladium. The metal lock may be covered with leather as a custom option. Diamonds are another custom addition.
Lock keys are enclosed in a leather lanyard known as a “clochette”, carried by looping through a handle. The bag is locked by closing the top flaps over buckle loops, wrapping the buckle straps, or closing the lock on the front hardware. Locks and keys are number-coded.
Hermès bags can be sent for a “spa treatment”. For several hundred dollars the condition is restored.
The Hermès Birkin is one of the most iconic handbags of all time. This bag is so loved by Victoria Beckham that she is reputed to own over a 100 of them, with a total value of approximately £2 million.
Top of the list is her passion for Birkins, including her Hermès Ostrich, Crocodile, Rouge, White and Black Clemence Hermès Birkins, and her latest birthday present from husband, David Beckham, an £80,000 Himalayan diamond studded Birkin. However, Mrs Beckham is certainly not alone in her hankering for Hermès, as the designer label’s extensive waiting list of high profile names lays testament to.
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