Think you know everything there is to know about the Birkin? Think again. Though the legendary bag was invented only 30 years ago, its unique history, Fendi Replica Handbags exclusivity and high status in the fashion world lend it a vast and complex story. In short: there's a lot to know.
At PurseBop, we like to think of ourselves as Birkin experts—how could we not be, when Hermès bags play an important part in our lives, and we learn new things about them daily? But in doing research for this list, even we discovered things about the Birkin that surprised us (see #2, for instance)! We can't wait to share these with you, in what is the first part of a two-part series on Birkin facts. So let's play a game. We've come up with 8 things we think might not be common knowledge about the Birkin—now, all you have to do is read the list and let us know, in turn, how many are new to you, and how many you knew before. Let's take a look at the facts.
By now, we all know the general origin story of the Birkin: in 1983, singer and actress Jane Birkin was sitting next to Hermès chief executive Jean-Louis Dumas on a plane when the contents of her bag fell onto the floor. They discussed the fact that she'd never found a leather bag that she liked, and he created the Birkin bag for her. But there's more to the story!
The bag, apparently, was not her legendary straw bag. I'm not quite sure what type of bag I had with—my husband, Jacques Doillon, had reversed his car over my basket, crushed it on purpose not two days before, Birkin told The Telegraph in 2012. Birkin and Dumas got to talking about handbag designs, and she asked him, Why don't you make a handbag that is bigger than the Kelly but smaller than Serge's suitcase? He replied, Well, what would it be like? And, according to Birkin, I think I drew it on the sickbag—or the not-be-sick bag. And he said, I'll make it for you'.
Jane Birkin, apparently, was fastidious about her nails. So cheap replica handbags her Birkin was made with a specially attached nail clipper inside (pictured below), which was on display at public exhibition of the Birkin bag at Liberty London in 2014. It's hard to know whether other early Birkins also had the convenient tool, but it's certainly interesting to find it in this one!
In November of last year, an Hermès Himalaya Birkin broke records at the Christie's Hong Kong auction, fetching $383,522—more than any other handbag ever sold at auction—from a telephone buyer. (It exceeded the previous record of $380,000 at a similar auction in May! PurseBop stayed up all night to watch the historic event live.)