It seems like everywhere you turn on social media, there is a celebrity posing with a new edition of the luxurious Hermes Birkin bag. This poses the question, what is this bag and what makes it so desirable? Join us as we uncover the details behind the Hèrmes Birkin bag. In 1984, French-English actress was seated next next to Jean-Louis Damas, the chief executive of Hermès at the time.
During their flight, all of Jane’s belongings poured out of her bag. This lead to the two of them having a discussion on the difficulty of getting a functional yet stylish spacious handbag. This chance encounter greatly inspired Dumas and it led to him creating a bag that would be both practical and stylish.
Following this, he named this bag the ‘Birkin’, in honour of the actress. The bag has since then become a symbol of exclusivity and grandeur. The Kardashians have displayed their walk in closets filled with birkins of different sizes and colours, Drake has revealed he collects them for his future wife, and Cardi B has not been shy to express her love for them with a treasury of birkin bags in her home.
The luxurious bag is crafted with premium leathers and skins like crocrodile, ostrich, alligator, and lizard. In addition, it has high-quality metallic hardware like gold and platinum. As of today, the most expensive sold birkin bag was at a Sotheby auction in 2022.
It was sold for $1.51 million dollars. Known as the Diamond Himalaya Birkin , it is encrusted with stunning white fort.
