Michael is determined to impress this famous client and sets out to get a Birkin- no matter what. Sales clerks are trained to tell customers there is a two-year wait list and that they don’t carry Birkins in the store. After many successful trips and numerous sales a new (famous) client asks if he has ever come across a Birkin bag. He begins going to numerous European stores looking for older scarf designs which are harder to find in America. This leads him on a journey he could have never anticipated.

His job offer falls through but he has already signed a 5-year-lease for an apartment he decides to worry about employment later and sell some of his used luxury goods on e-bay to make ends meet.Īfter selling an Hermes scarf her receives an email from a woman named Grace who asks if he has any other Hermes goods to offer. After a visit to Barcelona, and a chance phone call with a friend who could offer him employment in Spain, Michael decides to uproot his life and become an expatriate. Michael Tonello was a make-up artist who owned his own company in Provincetown, MA.

Hermes is smart though they have created a shortage which has only spurred the demand. I worked with a client who had a black leather one and they are admittedly nice bags but spending (at minimum) $7,000 on a handbag is insane. I think most people have heard of the elusive Hermes Birkin bag although most people probably couldn’t pick one out of a line up and even fewer would ever attempt to own one.

Bringing home the birkin