Did you know you can't go in and just buy a Birkin from Hermés? You have to be invited to purchse one and an invitation only is granted to those who shop often and in large quantities at the store. Also, invitations to purchase are only given to women (and really girly, purse-toting men) of great social stature.
Which brings me to my next point: women of great social stature. Do you know where the acronym "BCBG" comes from? It's a French term, "bon chic bon genre", referring to those people of our generation driven by all things fabulous--tiny dogs, expensive accessories, chic clubgoing, etc. The L Lo's, basically. The next time you're in Somerset/La Jolla/5th Ave/Oxford St./Champs Elysees and see an 18 year-old with Christian Louboutin's and a Birkin with a yorkie hanging out, you'll know what to call her...BCBG! Not anything else! Geez, be nice, people!
Okay, also, Birkin bags retail for between $7,500 and $150,000. What kind of bag does $150k get you, you ask?
Bag made from crocodile carcass and diamonds mined by starving 8 year olds in Sierra Leone. Sign me up!
So, you know, save your $150k for....a house. Anyway, apparently earning your Birkin invite is the crown jewel in most celebrities' list of achievments, so have a google (you think we could make that saying big?) at who's earned their Birkin stripes in tinseltown.
Okay, back to agony that pays well. No Amsterdam pics today--I lost my SD card last night, but I've got it now so pics will come tomorrow. Don't worry, they're pretty benign, altho the amount in which I'm gorging myself on junk food is kind of appalling. Yeah, maybe eat lunch AFTER you see the pics. :)
Good Tuesday!
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