It’s not worth my brain space I know, but I am fascinated that David Beckham bought Posh a £24,000 crocodile skin Birkin handbag for Christmas. One that ‘snaps’ shut, I’m guessing.
I am a veggie so the thought of toting around a dead crocodile has no appeal. And the idea of spending £24,000 on any bag, animal vegetable or mineral, makes me giddy.
It’s a Birkin. I thought a Birkin was a pubic hair wig until a friend corrected me, that item is, in fact, called a merkin. Get that right before you hit Harvey Nichols.
But take heart. Birkins hold their value and even second hand, oops sorry, that would be ‘vintage’ bags can sell for double their original cost.
This gets crazier because some shops which sell these exclusive bags insist that they will only permit them to go non smoking homes. Apparently having a fag near such a bag is…… Birkin abuse.
£24,000 on a handbag – that’s more than all my clothes in the last twenty years including the wardrobe itself. I think she should have used the money to get her bunions seen too. May be Posh asked for a Gherkin and Becks misheard her? As for a “merkin” – It’s good to learn something new.
Ah. I see. That explains why people have been laughing at my new handbag.
Clever marketing strategy from Birkin – their handbags are so exclusive you can only adopt one if you have a Social Services report saying it is going to a good home. Do you have to have a CRB check as well as a spare £24,000?
Such ostentation is wasted on the likes of me, since I wouldn’t know a Birkin if it jumped up and bit me – oh, silly me, that would be the crocodile.
While I still dream of owning a classic Chanel handbag – spending £24,000 on a handbag is just outrageous! That’s enough to buy a two bedroom flat in South Africa….
Julie, Posh would never eat something as calorific as a gherkin !
Fran, do tell us about your new handbag ?
Pauline, might CRB in this instance stand for clean, respectable birkin owner ?
Debbie, I’ve missed you! But would your SA flat be fashioned from crocodile skin…?
Anna May x
£24K, what a total sodding waste – I could buy a state of the art motorcyle for that.
ha ha ha – nope, not crocodile skin but ostrich feathers
(I’ve missed you too!)
The handbag I swore in the shop looked like a pubic hair wig and they swore was actually the latest fashion? That handbag.
Fran, hahaha !
Anna May x