Yah, you are right, this is The Hermes, the brand of the three million peso bag of The Jinky Pacquiao.
This handmade bag from France is a symbol of wealth and can be seen carried by top Hollywood celebrities. The price range is from US$9,000 to US$150,000 depending on the materials used such as Calf leather, ostrich or crocodile. The stores in Hongkong said it’s COW leather, mooooo
The “no stock” thing adds to its exclusivity.
I think you can order one with bling-bling, yung real diamonds.
There’s a Hermes in every major city worldwide including in our very own Makati City.
The most talked about and most in-demand merchandise is their Birkin handbag that comes in the most outrageous colors, supposedly to match your every dress. Almost all stores do not have a stock. In Manila, they only get 48 pieces of Birkin every year and these are sold even before they arrive at our shores. The entry level Birkin is priced at P550,000 at the Hermes store in Makati.
In Hongkong, the Hermes’ Birkin and Kelly bags are nagkalat. Not in the legit Hermes stores but in the black market. These are smaller stores with lots of stocks of name brands. They sell their Hermes a lot higher, sometimes double, because they have the stocks. The Hermes stores do not.
There’s a Hermes store right beside our hotel. Everyday, there’s a long line outside their store. They control the number of people lang inside. Siguro baka umitin ang tinda nila. One afternoon, we noticed there were no more line so the three of us stood outside, kala mo kunwari bibili rin, he he he. Edmund took our photo, pretending lang daw.
My son, daughter and I indeed went inside and asked why they did not have a Birkin display. Feel na feel talaga!! Alam naman namin na wala talagang stock.
According to Wikipedia, in 1981, Jean Louis Dumas, the CEO of Hermes was traveling from Paris to London. He was seated next to actress Jane Birkin who’s straw bag fell and the contents scattered to the ground. She told Dumas that she couldn’t find a good leather bag. After a few years, Dumas made a bag for Jane Birkin based on an 1892 Hermes design. This Hermes bag has since become an icon.
