Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag
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For more than twenty years, the HermÈs Birkin bag has been the iconic symbol of fashion, luxury, and wealth. With a fabled waiting list of more than two years to purchase one, the average fashionista has a better chance of climbing Mount Everest in Prada pumps than of possessing this coveted carryall. Unless, of course, she happens to know Michael Tonello. . . . With down-to-earth wit, Michael Tonello chronicles the unusual ventures that took him to nearly every continent—and from eBay to Paris auction houses and into the lives of celebrities and poseurs alike—on the road to becoming a successful entrepreneur and Robin Hood to thousands of desperate rich women.Maclean's“The fashion world is about to be handed its own Da Vinci Code with Bringing Home the Birkin.”
Prologue 11 Barcelona on the Brain 32 The Spanish Indecision 83 Vespas and Vespers 144 Warding Off Trouble 195 Career Chop Suey 246 Horseshoes and Handkerchiefs 287 Silk Serendipity 338 Le Monde d'Wish Lists 389 The Pyrenees Passing 4210 Living It Up Between the Birkin and Barcelona ("Michael's Theme") 4711 Birkin Bankruptcy 5512 Orange You Glad You Asked? 6013 The Formula 6714 Smoke and Mirrors 7115 Road Trip Redux 7416 How Do I Buy These? ... Let me Count the Ways... 7917 Knight in Shining Croc 8818 Ping-Pong I'll Play, but Purse Penelope? No Way! 9919 Parisian Purse Pipeline 10820 Devilish Prada Pants and Heavenly Cuisine 11421 Chilean Charades and Buenos Birkins 12322 Blueberries and BlackBerries 13023 A Roster of Reservations 13724 A Yen for Hermès 15125 Shop 'Til You Drop 15826 Capricious Life 16327 The Italian Way 17228 In Hermès We Trust, Aston We Shall Receive 17829 Creamsicles and Moonstones 19030 There's More Than One Way to Skin a Crocodile 19931 Hermès, We Have a Hostage Situation 20432 Mr. Sherlock Hermès 21333 Fellini Film Noir 22234 Found Money, Hidden Grace 23335 A Birkin for Mom 242Epilogue 255Glossary of Hermès Terms 259Acknowledgments 262
