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The Hermès Birkin: where to buy one, how much it will cost you and why the bags are so hard to find – and still so popular
- Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B and nearly every Kardashian-Jenner family member has been spotted with one – but what makes the Hermès Birkin bag such a hot item?
- The founder and CEO of luxury resale site Rebag provides insider info on how consumers can own a Birkin of their own and how much it will set them back
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Fans of fashion pop-culture history will remember a 2001 Sex and The City episode where Kim Cattrall’s Samantha Jones soars to the top of a five-year waiting list for an Hermès Birkin bag when she drops the name of her new prospective client, Lucy Liu, instead of her own. By the end of the episode, Jones finds herself without the new business, the new Birkin, and out the US$4,000 price tag.
This certainly isn’t the only Birkin appearance in pop culture – Gwyneth Paltrow’s Margot Tenenbaum notably carried one in the 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums, and the style can still be found on the arms of Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B, and nearly every member of the Kardashian-Jenner family.
Though it’s been nearly 40 years since the Birkin’s debut, buying one is still not a cut-and-dried process. Prices have risen, and though you won’t necessarily need to wait five years, it may require a bit more legwork.
For this, we turned to Charles Gorra, founder and CEO of luxury resale site Rebag, who understands the unique value of this fashion purchase. Gorra helps lift the veil and provides insider intel on how consumers – not celebs or fictitious characters – can own a Birkin of their own.
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The origin of the Birkin bag
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