La historia de como se diseño uno de los iconos de la moda.
Created in 1984, legend has it that on a flight from Paris to London, French singer and actress Jane Birkin was carrying her famous wicker basket. She tried to fit her basket into the overhead compartment when everything fell out, and she began to complain. It so happened that Jean Louis Dumas (president of Hermes and creative director) was sitting next to her and asked why she used a basket as a bag. She replied that it was the only bag that could fit everything she needed to carry, and thus, the Birkin Bag was born. They designed this bag together.
It broke the record for the most expensive bag sold at auction at $500,000. This is the Birkin Himalaya with an 18-carat diamond in white gold and made of albino crocodile skin. Its value has increased by 500% in the last 30 years.
There used to be a waiting list of 6 years; now you have to be given the opportunity to buy it, which only happens if you have spent a lot of money at Hermes before or if you are a celebrity.
Se tarda entre 25 – 48h en hacer cada uno y existen varios tamaños: 25, 30, 35 cm siendo el de 35 el más famoso.
The exclusivity of the bag lies in the fact that no two are alike since each one is handmade. Hermes keeps very well guarded the number of bags they make each year.
