The Birkin
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  • I read his book a few years ago "Bringing home the Birkin". It was brilliant, very well written and very enlightening.

  • $4000? Hermes's clutches are more expensive than that! Oh, and I'm a guy and I know this.

  • @rifleman1002 your gay? hihi

  • You'd have to be an idiot to pay that kind of money for a bag.

  • hi more hermes handbags informations please go hermaz.com

  • Times have deffo changed a waiting list in Ireland is only a few months and less for the 40cm or you could get onto the cancellation list. Pritty bag thow and yes anyone can have a birkin, LoL

  • Anyone other than Jane Birkin who owns a Birkin bag is a complete asshole.

  • Lots of used Birkins being Sold.

  • Ugh I want one soooooo bad!!! I will eventually have one!

  • that much money for a bag? what a joke!

  • There's no waiting list anymore Hermes announced it in 2010.

  • yea, nowadays nobody knows who is Jane Birkin, and WHY Hermes designed this bag, but everybody knows how much this bag cost! and how long should you wait

  • i have it, unfortunately a super faux, expensive..

  • That guy in the vid doesn't know what he's talking about. The Martha Stewart walking into trial with an "8 thousand dollar bag". That was a CROC Birkin. multiply that 8 thousand some and you'll get the price of Martha's Birkin. Walk around Selfridges or Harrods in London, you will never see so many Birkins in your life. Seriously you can spot 10 just walking around Selfridges in the day.

  • @presspass123 Wrong. Martha Stewart's bag is not croc.

  • @larambla17 The grainy quality of the video makes it look like croc.

  • @presspass123 If you Google "Martha Stewart birkin" and then select Images, the first three or four images that come up are of her carrying that bag to the court house. It's clearly NOT croc. You should know what you are talking about before you say someone else doesn't.

  • @aiguaderibas Calm down queen. In the grainy video it looks like a black croc. In the photos, it shows it's actually brown leather. So obviously the vid quality is beyond jacked up.

  • Right so its pretty much the purse equivalent of a Bugatti Veyron.

  • no kidding!!!! that bag is just 4000???

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  • sometimes waiting list is shorter like 4mos

  • @GUCCIRAG123 there is another model called "HAC" its more manly. try googling it

  • I wait For my red and crome birkin! But i wait 8/10 weeks not years!

  • I love the last sentence coming out from this man in the video! But how much do I have to spend in order to avoid being in the awfully long waiting list??

  • i dont get it...why do people spend so much money for such an ugly bag???? oO

  • Its up to the store manger,if they want to let you order a birkin,yea there is a list,but not many people in the know have ever been on it.you do need a relationship with a SA or store manger.But if you go to france, more often than not ,you can take home whatever birkin they have in store,without any wait.If your after a certain leather ,than at present there is a one month to 6 months wait time,from when they let you order..

  • Seriously, if you went to France they would actually have one for you to buy. Argh, why buy it in America where there's a freaking waiting list?

  • I have recently purchaced a Birkin for my partner. It retailed at US$8100 I paid a $2000 deposit and i was told there was 2 yearswait to recieve finished product. If you think about it, you only have to save $250 a month for the duration of the two year wait and you will end up with an amazing bag and and a very very happy partner

  • HAHAHA NICE! He said he's a businessman and sure he is! "Look, waiting lists are for losers, instead if you want a Birkin bag then just buy MORE Hermes and maybe we'll consider you!" NICE ;D

  • The 2 years waiting list is just a marketing ploy, every hermes will have a few birkin tucked away in the store room. If you want a birkin this is what you need to do ; call a hermes store near you, around the end of the month (salesgirl needs to boot up sales), tell them youre on holiday here and youre looking to buy a birkin. Ask if they have any cancel orders and if they have then you can buy and pay for it over the phone with you credit card.

  • @ltlg Hermes stores aren't allowed to sell Birkin bags over the phone.

  • @zhongguohua88 I got mine over the phone....each store has different rules so its worth a try :)

  • celebrities get everything for free, don't they? ;)

  • @kawaiicat7 Hermes doesn't care if you're a celebrity. If you want something from them, you're going to pay.

  • @kawaiicat7 Celebrities do get free stuff.... but a Birkin bag isn't one of them.... Hermes is one of the few brands that doesn't cater to celebrities.... they treat all of their customers the same.... the only reason why you see so many celebrities wit' Birkins now is because the Waiting List is gone....

  • I would love a Birkin, but DAMN...i would have to donate as much as i spent on it. I would feel guilty as hell. Have celebrities gotten them for free?

  • so it means that i have to spend thousands of dollars on other hermes products before they'd sell you the birkin bag right away?

  • occollegeboi you obviously have no knowledge of hermes hence its not a "berkin" its BIRKIN and at that ANYONE can save up and purchase a birkin, whether it be a Crocodile with Diamonds or a basic leather... there are people you would never recognize that are much more wealthy than a celebrity or someone famous. i've seen lawyers at hermes purchasing a diamond hardware crocodile birkin and she was an average lawyer, obviously you are not from america, as anyone with good credit can get a birkin.

  • I agree with you ! Anyone can get this bag, especially if the waiting list is that long, in 2-5 years you can save up that much money even if you don't have good credit! So whoever said that, now you can see two ways to purchase it!

  • And also, starting price for an authentic berkin is around $8,000 NOT $4,000!!! And the 8,000 is just the BASIC style. I was at south coast plaza and saw, on display, an orange crocodile birkin with diamonds, it was something like 100 something thousand dollars. If you've ever seen a random person with a birkin, it's most likely fake. NOT many people have that kind of money.

  • oc - what good does using new thread each time do? Besides being super interesting?

  • In case, through daily usage, one of the seams gets undone or cut somehow, the whole bag will not become unravelled. The single stitch can be fixed. The guy at the Hermes boutique at south coast plaza told me when I used to live in orange county. Also, there is a youtube video on the construction of the bag somewhere on here but can't remember what it is. Hermes is the only designer to use this stitching method & is what makes it so pricey. Real quality.

  • nono~my mum only use authentic birkin..she has different sizes..also kelly..but it is true that some are given by my grandma..

  • @kawaiicat7 In the event a stitch breaks then the entire line of stitching does not unravel. Also the thread is coated with beeswax so that it is waterproof.

  • @occollegeboi

    Birkins are around 10,000 USD and up for a size 30 .

    And no , if you see a random person on the street with a birkin , it doesnt mean its fake.

    there's so many famous rich people that have birkins. So dont assume its fake.

  • @occollegeboi lies i seen one yesterday at hermes for 4,000

  • @LUXURY713 that isnt birkin..hermes got its level too..ahahhaha

  • @occollegeboi Nice post. What is a basic birkin like?

  • Any Hermes bag: Hand crafted, hand stitched (like any other designer bag) BUT each stitch is INDIVIDUALLY stitched, cut off, and a new stitch is made with new thread. This is very time consuming and requires more work than the making of a car. Each stitch is individually stitched so that in case one stitch is accidentally torn, the whole bag will not become unravelled. Pretty nifty huh? And if you've ever felt it in person, you can see its SUPERB quality leather.

  • @occollegeboi, you are speaking lies. They don't cut off the thread each time. That's just plain stupid. Here's how they do it. They take a VERY long string (of the best possible quality, very durable) and they attack needles on both ends. They sew with both the needles and only at the very end do they cut off the little remaining thread left. And yes, if a thread gets torn through usage, THIS prevents it from ruining the entire bag.

  • Don't buy the Hermes hype. Their bags are well made but there are other houses that are making the same quality product for much less. When you buy a Birkin you are buying a status symbol- the brand.Hermes owns most of the crocodile tanneries so they control the prices. Demand has dropped- there is a surplus of skins & still charge ridiculous amounts. Each crocodile costs about $100 - Idc how much hand stitching Hermes puts into their bags ( a few hours worth) it's not worth the $20k markup!

  • @Cardsmaster don't buy the hermes hype? if you're rich who gives a damn! 100,000 is like 100 bucks for really rich people

  • The Birkin family is awesome, but what the hell is the big deal with these bags???

  • They're just awesome. That's why Mike Tyson ordered one.

  • that's totally amazing. what people will do to get this "handbag".

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