Mel's Shopping Diary
Birkin Nation
July 03, 2008Yesterday I went shopping. Oh yeah, shopping is GOOD right now. Everything is on sale!!! They’re practically GIVING Lanvin bags away at Barneys. Well, not really, since a thousand bucks for a handbag is still insanely overpriced considering those SAME bags used to be seven hundred dollars (which was the top price for Prada bowling bag in the mid-90s) but because of the crazy exchange rate, now bags start out at stratospheric prices (three thousand? Are they serious? And that’s not even for Chanel or Hermes!) that when they go on sale, they are still in the are-you-kidding rate.
Which makes you (or um, me) just want to go ahead and get that Birkin...because if prices are insane, why not not just have the insane handbag? Loyal readers know I have been obsessing about this bag for decades. On the one hand, you can buy a SmartCar for the same money. (I kind of want a SmartCar in the same way I want a new handbag. They’re SO cute! But I know I’ll be tired of it after a season.) On the other hand...can you really pass down a SmartCar to your grandchildren? Yes, Birkins are that beloved. I was just at a baby shower, and when the expectant mom arrived, none of us wanted to hear about how the pregnancy was going, instead, rumor had it our friend had just Birkined, so it was all “SHOW US THE BIRKIN!” I can report it was caramel with gold hardware and oh-so-yummy. Then another dear friend confessed the other night at dinner that she also, had just Birkined. Black with silver hardware. All us girls at the table demanded she bring it next time for the famous Birkin viewing.
So apparently, the waitlist is bogus. What one must to to acquire one of these bags is to hit the Hermes store everyday when it opens and ask them, casually, if they MIGHT have any Birkins lying around. And perhaps you will be LUCKY enough to be ALLOWED to buy one. Can you imagine? And yet, it makes the Birkinization even more sweet, doesn’t it?
In other news, my new book GIRL STAYS IN THE PICTURE, is my new Au Pairs-like series and it is so yummy and delicious. Champagne showers in St. Tropez anyone? Bring your Birkins!
xoxo
Mel
On July 3, 2008 at 10:33 am, amandaj had this to say:
...I’ve always had this fantasization of strutting in SoHo with my lime green Birkin on one arm and the other filled with bags from obscure boutiques filled with glittery goodies but…
its not the same dreaming!
They’re totally giving away Stella at Bergdorfs! just thought i’d mention.
On July 3, 2008 at 10:52 am, Jasmin had this to say:
OMG!!!!!!!!!!! the Birkins are delish I just looked them up cause i had on clue what the hack it was and now… i’m in L-O-V-E love. haha
On July 3, 2008 at 1:56 pm, Angelina had this to say:
YEAHH!! BERKINSS!!
BTW I LUV BARNEYSSSS!! <3 :D
On July 3, 2008 at 8:45 pm, Sylvana had this to say:
^sigh^ You make ME want a Birkin. Seriously. ahahahaha
On July 6, 2008 at 3:38 pm, Carmen had this to say:
Scottsdale Fashion Square will soon have a Barneys. I don’t know if I should be happy or scared.
On July 6, 2008 at 7:21 pm, Briana had this to say:
I wish we had a Barney’s....
We only have a Macy’s.
On July 7, 2008 at 9:47 am, Clarity had this to say:
Trust me you don’t want a SmartCar (or as they call it now a “Smart for Two Car"), nor do you want to pass it down to your grandchildren. They will hate you. Trust me, I know. I’m forced to drive one...and it’s lime green. *cries tears of embarrassment*
On July 7, 2008 at 10:14 am, Marisa had this to say:
I’m really excited for you new series, the Girls Stay in the Picture or whatever. But I must admit I think its previous name, wasn’t it Jet Setters?, was much more catchy.
On July 7, 2008 at 2:05 pm, Claire Watson had this to say:
Ohh I love the Birkin Bags!! Though my favorite books of your are Blue Bloods, I will have to read that! Ohh yeah and btw, any updates or questimations on when you will have winners on the poetry contest??
On July 8, 2008 at 8:55 am, Maria C had this to say:
Ever since reading Blue Bloods iv been dying to go to Barneys, so i recently went and it was Ahmazing!
No wonder mimi goes all the time :D
Cant wait for Revalations come out!!!! <3
On July 3, 2008 at 8:47 am, Brooks had this to say:
Birkins Galore!!!!!!!
More Books YEAAAHHHH!!!!!!!