I tried to buy a birkin. And it ended like this

There Birkin by Hermès It does not need introductions: not only bears the name of a legend fashion but also holds the primacy of more coveted accessory from collectors and enthusiasts. Over the years it has been transformed into record model: beaten at auction with dizzying figures, has a waiting list in boutiques that can last years, which is why many, in order to show it off, seems to ostentine without modesty of the fake.

I admit it, I got passionate about the forbidden dream of all Fashion Lover just writing about the face without face that a few years ago he terrified, so to speak, Celebrities And influenceraccusing them of going hand in hand with some copies of the most noble IT BAG. Trying to understand the mechanism according to which the desability of an already astronomical price seems to increase exponentially, I learned everything you need to know to be able to take over. Provided that – a small detail – the economic means have.

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The purchase in the shop is almost impossible

Disclaimer: I ventured into the company for the love of science, not because I really intended to crawl the card. The budget To buy a Birkin by Hermès I don’t have it, I say it immediately. My goal was not so much to get my hands on the object in itself as Living firsthand The thrill of hunting. Enter boutique To get out with the favorite color bag, as everyone will probably know, it is not an option. The precious trunk It doesn’t wait for you on the shelves, it would be too easy to.

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But no, you have to climb one Waiting List And only when you will be offered the coveted purse can you finally buy it. Of course, they could serve years before it happens and you will not necessarily be proposed the model you want. If you refuse it, however, you do it at your risk because you could retreat in the Hit-Parade of the best customers of the maisonwhich will further move you from It-Bag of the dreams. C’est la vie. In some markets, such as the American one, then, to be loyal customers it will allow you to advance in the ranking. Since the only thing I have never bought in the boutique of the burn French was a deck of playing cards (for a gift trés chicof course), I would say that for me the opportunity to buy in store It is somewhat far -fetched.

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What to do? The first instinct is to open theapp of one of the main ones e-store who sell garments second-hand in the hope of finding one Birkin of occasion, unless the bag in question never loses value. On the contrary, the price seems to rise from minute to minute so much that the used one, in this case, has nothing convenient. To make the thing even more complicated, there is the fact that some copies seem to be so well made that the process of authentication. This is why, to invest such an important figure, the purchase on the web still does not seem to me the best option.

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Jane Birkin with the bag to which he gave his name, who will auction from Sotheby’s on 10 July. Photo, Sotheby’s.

LabuBu or Birkinwhat is more unobtainable?

Both make fashion fans crazy because they seem impossible to have. If to win the colored monster, however, just patiently queue for the last drop Of Pop martin the case of the bag Hermès It takes much more than the simple determination. You need a strategy, time, patience and, obviously a Bank account somewhat robust. In this case, the most concrete option to finally get your hands on theUnicorn of the bags It would be to participate in an auction. Christie’s And Sotheby’s They make it regularly and each model for sale is not only in perfect condition but also authenticated by the auction house, which is a guarantee on the originality of the piece.

Premier Birkin will auction by Sotheby’s on 10 July. Photo, Sotheby’s.

If, then, I just didn’t know that there is a few million on the current account (such, I imagine, it will be the final cost of the object in question) I would try the fate for THERE Birkinthat is to say The Premier Birkinthe prototype that was offered to Jane Birkin himself from maison In 1985, later marketed but with some changes. On the occasion of the Parisian week dedicated toHaute CoutureIndeed, Sotheby’s will put it on sale July 10th as part of the auction Fashion icons. I therefore have about three weeks to win the superenalotto and introduce myself to the French capital with the raised palette. I cross your fingers.