Fashion enthusiasts or not, own Hermès Birkin Bag The dream is for many, even perceived as a better investment. However, getting hands on one is not as easy as it may seem- even those who have deep pockets and strong fashion connections often find themselves on endless waiting lists. But what if we tell you that the most precious of all is about to be available to the highest candidate.
The very first Birkin bag for sale
Yes, it’s the very first Hermès Birkin bag ever created, OG, once made and carried by an iconic British singer and actor Jane Birkin, soon goes to the auction.
When and where to buy the first, original Birkin bag
The historic bag will be available on Sotheby’s Paris Fashion Icons 10 icons and will offer collectors and fashion enthusiasts an opportunity to own fashion history once in a lifetime.
The first Birkin bag is more than just a fashion statement. It indicates the beginning of a cultural phenomenon that today symbolizes status, craft, taste and style, with prices starting around $ 10,000.
The story of the first Birkin for Jane Birkin
The first is created using elegant jet-black leather and highlighted with iconic gold hardware Hermès.
In 1984, a meeting on board the flight between Jane Birkin’s style icon and Hermès CEO Jean-Louis Dumas led to the creation of what we know today as the most sought-after bag in the world. Birkin’s Straw Tote, which came according to the story, spilled its content in the middle of the flight, which made her accidentally remark to the need for a bag that was both stylish and functional. At that moment, Dumas sketched the design on the sick bag of the plane and was born the first Birkin Bag plan.
The very first birkin ever made was talented Jane Birkin. Jane sold Jane in 1994 to raise AIDS research funds. The bag found a home when a private collector known only as “Catherine B”, took him home.
Again, the iconic bag gets under the hammer for sale Sotheby’s Paris Fashion Icons.
Sotheby’s refused to publicly specify the reserve price of the legendary bag. “The original Birkin has the potential to define records,” said Morgane Halimi, a global handbag and a fashion head of Sotheby, in his statement under AFP.
The current record for the most expensive handbag ever sold at the auction was set in Hong Kong in 2017, when the hammer got highly adapted Hermès Birkin. Luxury Birkin 30, made of rare crocodile leather and decorated with diamonds and white gold hardware, brought an amazing $ 510,000 to Christie’s.
Birkin prototype will be exhibited in Sotheby’s in New York from 6 to 12 June before being introduced in Paris.
The offer will open online on June 26 and close on July 10.
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