Hermès Birkins may be costly — but they aren’t expensive. Or so says the luxury brand’s artistic director Pierre-Alexis Dumas. “The cost is the actual price of making an object properly with the required level of attention so that you have an object of quality,” Dumas said in a recent segment of CBS’ “60 Minutes.
” “Expensive is a product, which is not delivering what it’s supposed to deliver, but you’ve paid quite a large amount of money for it, and then it betrays you. That’s expensive.” A large sum of cash isn’t the only thing eager customers have to have to get their hands on a Birkin , which costs at least $9,000 off the shelf or tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars on auction or resale .
They need unlimited time, too. The brand’s boutiques are usually out of stock of the enviable Birkin bags , which are available in limited quantities due to the high level of craftsmanship necessary to stitch them by hand. When asked how exactly the world’s most fashionable can purchase a Birkin , Dumas told CBS that they “have to be patient.
” “You go to a store. You get an appointment. You meet a salesperson.
You talk about what you want. It’s not available. You’ll have to wait.
They’ll come back to you. It takes a long time,” he explained. “Eventually, it’s gonna happen.
” Dumas debunked the age-old myth that the Hermès handbags are an exclusive club. For years, rumors have swirled that claimed the luxe label only offers its hi.