Get Acquainted With Hermes Birkin Who Is Popular Among Socialites

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JAKARTA - In the world of fashion, the name Hermes Birkin is not something strange anymore. Yes, who doesn't know this super popular bag? In Indonesia alone, many celebrities have been seen wearing this luxury bag.

Indeed, the Hermes Birkin has long been a symbol of high-class status due to its exorbitant prices. To get it is quite difficult. You can only buy it at the official Hermes shop and you must become a VIP member. So it is not possible to have this bag just anyone.

Do you know that the name of this bag is taken from a fashion icon named Jane Mallory Birkin. Not only the name, but the design was inspired by his meeting with Jean Louis Dumas.

It was 1981, Jane was on a plane bound for London. Accidentally, Jane dropped the Hermes Kelly bag and all the things spilled. To someone next to her, Jane complained about the Kelly bag that was impractical because it didn't fit a lot of stuff. Yes, and the person next to her was Jean Louis Dumas, Chief Executive & Artistic Director of Hermes.

Inspired by this incident, Jean immediately created a Hermes Birkin design. A year later, he introduced the bag design to Jane, who later agreed to name the collection Hermes Birkin.

Hermes Birkin is special. To produce a single bag, it takes a professional artist up to 48 hours. This bag is also issued in various colors. There are even 25 different colors in blue alone, including blue jeans, mykonos, and blue roi.

What makes this bag special? Hardware parts such as buckles and bag locks are coated with palladium or gold. As you know, palladium is more expensive than platinum. In addition, buyers can also decorate their Birkin bags with diamonds to make it look more luxurious. Hence, the selling price is fantastic.

For example, the Himalayan Birkin series is made of albino crocodile skin, equipped with 18 carat silver and more than 200 diamonds to make the bag even more luxurious. This series can be the most expensive because it has been sold at a price of 500 thousand US dollars, or around Rp7, 1 billion.

Singer and fashion designer, Victoria Beckham, reportedly collected more than 100 Birkin bags. There is also a socialite from Singapore, Jamie Chua, who is said to be the largest Hermes Birkin collector in the world. He even has a special room to store all of the Birkin collections.