• The $35 “Jelly Firkin” Is Driving $100,000 Hermès Bag Owners Crazy

  Meet the Jelly Firkin — an ironic, cheeky take on the legendary Hermès Birkin, made from the same rubber-like material typically used for gym balls. This “evil replica” costs just $35, while an original leather Birkin can sell for as much as $100,000...

• Mugler Unveils Provocative Handbag Campaign Featuring Nude Female Bodybuilder

  Fashion house Mugler has launched its first major handbag campaign under new Creative Director Miguel Castro Freitas, betting on power, architectural shapes, and the nude form...

• A Two-Meter Viking and an Iconic Hermès Bag: Erling Haaland Sparks Men's Fashion Debuts at the World Cup

  On top of that, he is one of the best footballers on the planet, having led his country's men's national team to the FIFA World Cup for the first time in nearly thirty years. However, a couple of weeks ago, stylist and TikToker Jack Savoi drew attention to another passion of Haaland's: his impressive collection of Hermès bags...

• Next-Level Luxury: How a Dubai Jewelry Brand Found a Way to Make the Hermès Birkin Even More Expensive

  Enter Bag Bijoux, a high-jewelry brand launched in 2024 by sisters Ashna and Aria Mehta. The duo created a collection of precious charms designed specifically to slide onto the leather straps of iconic Hermès bags. Prices for these "toys" start at $2,800 and scale up into the seven-figure range for bespoke, custom orders.,,

• Luxury Under $500: How Personal Frustration Helped a Chinese Entrepreneur Create the Cult NYC Bag Brand 'Verafied'

  A funny meme recently went viral on Instagram: "The last time the New York Knicks won a championship, a classic Chanel Flap bag cost $350." In 2026, the mere thought of a luxury handbag costing under $400 feels completely absurd—today, price tags on iconic models from heritage fashion houses are 10 to 20 times higher...

• WSJ: Are designer handbags more like luxury real estate or pineapples?

  Status symbols are a fickle thing. Some, like luxury real estate, never lose their power. Others, like pineapples—which in the 17th century were so rare and expensive that they served as the equivalent of today’s Birkin bag—depreciated as soon as supply grew and the middle class could afford them, The Wall Street Journal writes...

• Why Chanel’s New “Superman” Bag Worth $3,500 Has Enraged Fans of the Brand

  “Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I say black has it all,” Coco Chanel once said. The founder of the iconic fashion house lived by this principle until the end of her life. The woman who gave the world the little black dress and structured monochrome suits would likely have been horrified by the brand’s latest release...

• Dream on Rent: Influencers Are Leasing Legendary Birkin Bags Just for a Single Instagram Shot

  Seeing Kylie Jenner make a striking entrance at Madison Square Garden alongside her boyfriend Timothée Chalamet, casually holding a dark blue crocodile Hermès Birkin 35, millions of fashion fans around the world once again sighed with envy, The Post reports...

Emily Ratajkowski, 26, lwore very little makeup as she poses in the streets of London in the Parisian brand The Kooples new Fall-Winter 2017 Campaign, Just Jared has learned.

Emily teamed up with the brand to co-design the new Emily by The Kooples bag.

“Through slogans such as ‘One Love, One Jacket’ or ‘Just Keep My Bag’ engraved on the Emily by The Kooples bag mirror, these images evoke a new definition of love and The Kooples’ spirit as it unfolds to tell new stories in the future,” The Kooples said about the new bag.

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