Why Birkin Bags Are So Expensive | So Expensive

Birkin bags have become the ultimate status symbol, commanding resale prices as high as $500,000 for a single bag. Unless you have been chosen by Hermès, resale is likely the only option for obtaining a bag. Luxury resellers like The Real Real in New York have many options available online if you have several thousand dollars lying around.

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Why Birkin Bags Are So Expensive | So Expensive

[foxayfox]

Found it amusing that it was inspired by a humble straw basket and designed to be functional for working women but now it’s nothing except a status symbol.

[ashikaanil]

This bag was designed to be functional for the working women. It's crazy how now it's only to show how rich you are. Somewhere along the process the bag has failed it's true purpose.

[Module.]

"Albino alligators are rare"
Hermes: Ohh. Interesting, let's turn them into a bag.

[hhh]

So if the counterfeits are made by actual Hermes employees, are they actually counterfeit?

[margaritam.]

This video convinced me to buy a straw basket.

[nathandubay]

“Not even Kim Kardashian has this”. This is the standard we’ve set for ourselves now... Lol

[Thevelvetrope]

I once worked in a store where these bags were sold. I saw a lady being sold one and thought to myself “this is almost sinful”, but the more you sell the more money you make. It’s a beautiful bag but definitely wasn’t worth 40, 000

[thatfroginpeppapig]

I like the guy who bought the 500k bag, he is honest about chasing clout and he actually uses the bag as what it is for... a bag. Praises for this guy!

[luvahadowsdolls]

The fact that you have to be "invited" to buy a bag and you don't even have a choice as to what kind it is, despite putting down a mortgage for it, for some reason, annoyed me to the highest degree.

[nunya___]

So the real reason it's so expensive...because they want it to be.

[timetrialist]

Designer: Lets make a profit sell it for 50k

Resellers: Why not add another zero, the losers will pay

[Vospader]

Short answer: the reason they’re so expensive is because Hermes is brilliant at creating fake exclusivity. They’re value would plummet immediately if someone just stole a bunch of them and gave them away on the street. Anybody in the mood for a heist?

[BA]

So he drops $500K for a bag just to get attention 🤦‍♀️😂

[euphoriaeuphoria]

The bag were meant to be functional but the irony now is that it's being locked away in a vault.
How absurd is that?

[samantarizzi]

I just love how Jane Birkin used hers. She wasn’t afraid to use it and she said it on many occasions that bags should be used and loved, otherwise why buy them?

[peacedeepsleeprelaxation]

Just spent 8 min to see the reason why its so expensive.. still waiting.

[ibratsiddiqui]

Spot an albino crocodile
Scientists: it's rare
Hermes : let's make a bag out of it

[DanielIles]

Thieves be like

*empty out your purse and gimmie just that*

[djeechizzy]

This video got me hooked, and now I’m determined to become a billionaire in just two years! 💪💰

[kaunas]

I actually lose respect for people who feel the urge to buy overpriced name brand items just to show off and make themselves feel better about themselves, because they cannot feel complete without them. To me it is a kind of insecure shallowness.