Why Is It Hard To Buy A Birkin Bag?
As we are huge Hermes Birkin bag collectors, we do get a lot of questions on why the Hermes Birkin bag is just so hard to obtain? There are two main factors that go into why getting your hands on one of these hand crafted French bags is so difficult. First we start with the limited production. As we know, each Birkin bag takes over 40 hours by hand to complete and to be a skilled Hermes leather artisan, can take 7-10 years! This pandemic has also recently slowed down the production making it even harder to obtain.
The price of the Hermes Birkin is another reason why the bag is in another realm. The Hermes Birkin bag starts at $9,500 USD and it goes up about 20% a year, meaning that this is a large purchase for most people plus working your way up the ladder at Hermes to be able to purchase one can take a while.
Celebrities have also introduced another major stake in the rarity of these bags, as more celebrities turn to these iconic hand bags, the limitation of getting one increases as does the popularity. We can thank the Samantha Jones character from the tv series “Sex and the City” for reviving this timeless bag back into world wide popular demand.
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