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What the hell is a Birkin, why are there no pictures in the article, and why the hell is this on HN?
by aorth 4y ago
What the hell is a Birkin, why are there no pictures in the article, and why the hell is this on HN?
- alxlu 4y agoThe picture under the byline before the article even begins is of a Birkin…
- adrianN 4y ago> The Birkin bag is a line of tote bag, introduced in 1984 by the French luxury goods maker Hermès. The Wikipedia also has pictures.
- thematrixturtle 4y agoMore importantly, it's a symbol of conspicuous consumption: prices start at US$11,000. They're also famously impossible to procure unless you have connections, you can't just march into the nearest Hermes and buy one.
- saiya-jin 4y agoAh, the classic stupid rich folks management that european brands mastered long ago, ie Ferrari. FYI you can't buy V12 Ferrari outright, even if you want to pay 10x the official price. They will sell you some basic V8 model, and if you are happy and good customer, after few years, they can put you in the waiting list for something better. Theoretically you can skip the line by buying from somebody else, but as an owner you sign very detailed contract what you can and can't do (ie repaint), if you screw this one up you are banned from Ferrari forever (I think Justin Bieber ended up like that but don't know details). These days, it may not be V8 but V6, and V12 became some crazy hybrid with literally too much power to drive for normal people but the logic remains, and there is more clueless rich folks who want to impress.
- wodenokoto 4y agoHow does Ferrari rentals work? Sounds like the kind of thing Ferrari don't want their customers to do.
- School-Cotton 4y agoSimilar story for most Rolex models.
- 4ggr0 4y agoThis story fits your comment well [0]. Always have to chuckle when I think about this. If you want to look it up yourself, just search for "deadmaus ferrari". [0] https://ideal.media/why-ferrari-sued-deadmau5/ https://ideal.media/why-ferrari-sued-deadmau5/
- alxlu 4y agoThe “connection” is usually just with a sales associate (retail employee in store) who feels like offering to sell you one at any random Hermes store, which isn’t a particularly “impossible” connection to acquire. There’s a lot of things that can be done to increase the chances as well including but not limited to: - send in your husband/boyfriend - buy a lot of Hermes products from the same SA - claim it’s your birthday or that you’re expecting (harder to pull of nowadays since it’s done often) - visit a store in France The difficult part is being able to get it in the size/color/hardware you want since they don’t necessarily have what you want in stock or have for whatever reason decided to not show it to you as an option.
- galoisgirl 4y agoThis guy bags.
- Saint_Genet 4y agoIt's a bag women buy if they have same type of personality that men who buy expensive watches has.
- sneak 4y agoThis is a stereotype, and, like most, it is wildly untrue. I never wore an expensive watch (or any watch) until I became interested in jewelry and accessories. My phone tells the time just fine (better even), but my IWC is fucking gorgeous on my wrist. There's nothing wrong in wearing beautiful jewelry, and a person choosing to do so does not tell you anything else about that person. It's sad to see this sort of attitude promoted.
- Saint_Genet 4y agoDid I say it was wrong? I said it was the same thing