Hello Purseholic

I am a 30-year old corporate lawyer in Hong Kong and a purseholic. I have been dreaming of owning an Hermes Birkin bag ever since I bought my first designer bag with my first pay cheque (it was a Gucci). Since I have been a good repeat customer to the Hermes store in Central, HK for a few years now, I was recently offered a Togo 35 in gold with gold hardware but for whatever reason, I am now hesitating on whether or not I should get it. The bag is still on hold for me until next Tuesday. What do you think?

Mandy in HK

Hi Mandy

An Hermes Birkin or HAC in size 40 is also one of the bags I will have to have one day. However, the fact that recently I have seen more Birkins in a day compared to say, Vuitton Alma, is pretty off-putting. It could also be one of the reasons you are hesitating now. I don’t have a perfect answer to you but if you looking for something different, try to get a Birkin Jpg like the one Victoria Beckham is carrying in the picture above instead as it is rare. Having said that, the piece that you are being offered by the boutique is a worthy combo (gold Togo with gold hardware in size 35) so if it looks good on you, I think you should go ahead. Why? First, because you have a fabulous day job to justify owning a status bag like the Birkin and second, you could always sell it at some profit if you don’t really like it after a while.

J Purseholic

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