VERY ALARMING. Today is the 2nd day this week that I encounter a fake Hermes birkin report. This time, the lady who felt that she had with her a fake Hermes birkin, came to see me with the said bag.
It was a Blue Jean Birkin, 35cm in “togo” pebbled leather.
I took one look at it and knew it was not the real deal. I asked her where she bought the bag. She said that this bag was once the bag of (Philippine celebrity’s name) . I raised my eyebrows and asked who sold her the bag. She said that it was sold by someone that both she and the celebrity knew. Apparently (or so according to this lady), the bag once belonged to this celebrity, and the celebrity exchanged the bag for jewellery. And this reseller sold it to the present owner for “below retail” (US$4,500+ ). Let it be known that this lady had asked Hermes about a birkin but was told about the waitlist so she was in her words, “discouraged”.
So when the opportunity came through this reseller to sell her a “Hermes” birkin under retail, she took the bag right away, thinking the bag would be authentic since it came from this female celebrity (who is also known to have a growing birkin collection). Because of the contribution of another client who happened to drop by and see the bag (and comment on it– because she too has a birkin and had wanted to see what the fake looked like), we find out that the celebrity has perhaps a set of personal shoppers who have been doing the buying for her. I am just hoping that this bag doesn’t really belong to the celebrity. And I also hope that the celebrity does not have more fake birkins. We all doubted too that the celebrity would know if her bags are real or fake– and that thought scares me a lot. Because she could be gypped into buying fakes and she wouldn’t even know of it!!
To the untrained eye at first glance, the bag would have looked real. But here are the details that make it unquestionably fake. Plus, the bag came with a hard orange “authenticity” card which is something that does NOT come with authentic Hermes birkins.
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| It’s all in the details. The hardwares of the bag– shoddily made! |
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| Hmm… keyring on the keys?? |
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| Details, details. Poor workmanship! |
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| Blue stitches to hold the bag panel together. Check the details! |
I am really appalled that there are a growing number of fake Hermes birkins going around which are being passed for the real deal. So again and again this is what I have to say, before you buy a Hermes birkin from some reseller, try the Hermes boutique first before going another route. And if you decide on going with a reseller, DO YOUR RESEARCH FIRST– and that’s really the MOST IMPORTANT RULE OF THEM ALL.
Before the lady left, I asked her if there will be a way for her to get her money back. I can tell she was holding back her tears and I can tell that she was really distraught, but she did tell me that there was a way for her to get her money back still. I just really hope that is true. And as for the celebrity who supposedly owned this bag, I really honestly hope she didn’t own it. But if she did, I hope there is a way for her to be informed about being extra careful about resellers who may be unscrupulous or unknowledgeable and just want to make money by selling bags to her because they know she has the capacity to pay. I honestly think she should just head straight to the Hermes boutique for her bags. With her popularity, she will have zero trouble getting the bag she wants! And at least she won’t get gypped!
This is a lesson for all of us here. I hope I was able to shed some light on what made the blue jean birkin a fake Hermes bag. It’s really all in the details. A real Hermes birkin would have used the finest leathers, finest materials, and not have shoddy workmanship. That’s the reason why the birkins from Hermes don’t come cheap, nor do they come easy. But I tell you, they’re still worth the wait.
x
Mrs. T
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