Why Does Hermès bag Price So Expensive?

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Brand bags this one often become a status symbol. Understandably, the price is exorbitant. But do you know why the price of a Hermès bag can be so expensive? Talk about celebrity socialite A or B carrying a Hermès bag that seemed to be a status symbol we often hear. One of the most popular Hermès bag is the Birkin Bag.

Birkin bag is created from the results of the actress Jane Birkin share to boss of Hermès, Jean-Louis Dumas in 1981. Jane is a plane with Dumas be bothered with her purse. Jane was tried to put her bag in the trunk of the chair but then spilled and messy.

To Dumas, Jane complained about the difficulty of finding a quality leather bag and functional for traveling. Dumas tried to make these bags with bags of inspiration from a similar model in 1892. In 1984, bag from Hermès created for Jane Birkin who later became one of the iconic bags.

Since its creation, Birkin bags to bag a rare luxury. As a brand, Hermès has always sought to maintain the image of exclusive and prestigious products. The company was born in 1837 was not trying to market their products and can only be owned by a particular person. The result, Hermès bag is not just a fashion product but also a status symbol.

A variety of world celebrities such as Victoria Beckham, Kim Kardashian, Katie Holmes, to Lady Gaga never been seen carrying a bag. Birkin bag prices could range from $ 8 thousand to $ 20 thousand. This bag price depends on the material used, embellishments that accompany, and the exclusivity of the bag.

If you see the documentary “Hearts & Crafts (People That Make Hermès)”, home fashion idol of many celebrities of the world it does not want to mass produce their goods. All the products are done by hand in particular. Started from cutting, sewing, until the settlement was made by skilled with great accuracy. Special stitches that are characteristic of Hermès since early became one of the factors that make the quality Hermès bag.

The Hermès bags can take 24-36 hours of production. Because done by hand one by one, then there is no detail Hermès bag that can be very similar. Fewer defects in the production of these bags will go into exile and destroyed. Bags are not appropriate standards must not be sold and must be destroyed in order to maintain quality.

Several years ago, to have a Birkin bag not as easy to come to the store and pay. A buyer can enter up to 6-year waiting list to get their dream Birkin bag. But now Hermès no longer impose waiting list system. If the stock is available, buyers can immediately bring home a bag they want. In order to meet the high demand, Hermès has recruited hundreds of new craftsmen about 2000 workers to strengthen the existing ones.

Birkin bag use the main ingredients from skin. Various skins are used ranging from beef, lamb, ostrich, snake, reptile and crocodile. For ostrich skin, Hermès just use a softer butt section than the other parts.

To enhance the appearance, the padlocks, keys, and other parts made of metal and then coated with gold or palladium. Not infrequently, a few grains of diamond were also used to increase the impression of luxury.

One of the most expensive Hermès bag sold for $ 203.150 or approximately USD 1.8 billion in an auction. Red bag made of crocodile leather and equipped with the diamond, bought by a collector bags are reluctant to disclose his identity.

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