Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse.

Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse “Now every woman in New Jersey is carrying a Birkin.Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. “, people would only see in a magazine, or a global celebrity like Sharon Stone carrying one,” says Tonello. Meanwhile, although the bag is still selling, the fashion elites are snubbing it in favor of more limited-edition designer offerings - like Chanel’s $2,400 “hula hoop” bag, which came down the runway in 2012 and is now being resold at a 40 percent markup, according to Fanny Moizant, co-founder of the online reseller Vestiaire Collective.Īnd earlier this year, Mansur Gavriel’s popular leather totes and bucket bags, ranging in price from $525 to $1,195, spurred waitlists in stores from Barneys to Steven Alan. It’s this strategy, he said, that allowed him to purchase millions of dollars of Birkins over the years to resell. The secret, he says, is buying a lot of other merchandise first, then asking for the bag as a reward of sorts. “The waitlist is a total myth,” scoffs Michael Tonello, author of “ Bringing Home the Birkin,” which detailed his experience procuring Birkins to resell at a markup between 30 and 50 percent. Bethenny Frankel sports her Birkin around town.

The once-impossible-to-buy find is even available at Hermès’ own stores, if you know how to ask - circumventing the so-called “waitlist.”Īlthough the Birkin was officially born in 1984, stories of the waitlist didn’t begin popping up until the ’90s, and demand went into overdrive after it was prominently featured on a 2001 episode of “Sex and the City.” The supposed waitlist reached a fever pitch in 2006, with news outlets reporting it had reached 10 years. These days, anyone with a Wi-Fi connection and five figures to spare can score a Birkin at resale sites like. No bag has held as firm or as long a grasp on “It” status as the Hermès Birkin, thanks to rumors of a decade-long waitlist and a line of celebrity fans, like Kim Kardashian - who has upwards of 20 of the boxy, structured totes, including one that daughter North West painted on - and “Real Housewives” like Kyle Richards.īut over the years, the style set has grown sour on the once-coveted item.

Irina Shayk hails a cab in NYC, Birkin bag at the ready.

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