If past trends are anything to go by, classic bags or iconic bags as some would call them hold their value best. Like wine and watches , some even appreciate over time. Whether you’re considering making your first serious bag purchase or looking to make a profit for when you eventually put your chosen carrier up for resale, the best bets are on classics that rise above trends and continue to be coveted.
Introducing the top 10 most iconic bag styles to get behind. The Hermes Birkin is believed to be one of the hardest bags to procure. Yet that hasn’t stopped celebrities like Victoria Beckham, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez and even Drake from hoarding giant collections of the supposedly elusive bag.
So valuable are Birkins that Singaporean socialite Jamie Chua, who is rumoured to own the world’s biggest and most expensive private collection of Hermes bags, famously confessed in a podcast , “during my divorce, I did sell many Birkin bags to feed my children. They keep their value very well and could be one of the best investments that I’ve made.” Just how did the bag become such a phenomenon? As the story goes, British-French actress Jane Birkin met former Hermes chief executive Jean-Louis Dumas on an Air France flight from Paris to London in the early 80s.
While on the plane, the contents of the actress' bag accidentally spilled out, and so she turned to Dumas and asked if he would design a bag for her. Birkin sketched her dream bag on the back of an airplane sick .