Heart El Diamond Himalaya Birkin, the most expensive bag in the world that costs more than 380,000 euros

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It was the 80s and the British actress Jane Birkin (74 years old) arrived, like all the divas of yesterday and today, in a hurry at a regular flight, although of course in Business Class.Next to her, pure chance, Jean-Louis Dumas, president of the French company Hermès at that time, who observed a scene that served as a source of inspiration and lyre.No one could imagine that this fortuitous encounter would mean the origin of one of the most desired fashion items in fashion history.

In a moment in full journey above the clouds, Jane Birkin overturned all the content of his bag to his folding table and some things fell scattered on the ground.Attached and before the gaze of Dumas, the interpreter expressed aloud her desire to find a bag that could be practical at the same time as elegant and glamorous.VoilàHermès worked the miracle and in collaboration with the protagonist of death in the Nile was born the iconic Birkin.

It is no secret if we affirm that Hermès's Birkin of one of the most desired bags in the world.Yearning for unattainable, exclusively and despite this, with a long waiting list to be able to acquire it -although for celebrities there is always in its Paris warehouse one left over, even personalized.The unexpected - or not - of the hundreds of thousands of Birkin that we have seen through magazines and hung from the forearms of superstars of the Business show is that there is a special model above all.

The jewel of the Hermès crown that, how could it be otherwise, bears a diamond name.The most expensive bag in the world: the Diamond Himalaya Birkin.This 30 -centimeter bag is made with the skin of exotic Niloticus crocodile.In turn, it carries a dyeing layer of a light, original and bright appearance, which apparently remembers the snowy mountains of the Himalayas.

Detail of diamonds at the close of the Birkin.Christie's

This collector piece was thought and designed for an anonymous clientThis Limited Edition Birkin Himalaya broke all the world records by selling for the vertiginous figure of $ 380,000 (about 340,000 euros).A year later, in June 2018, the British branch of Christie's took over its Diamond Himalaya was sold for $ 217,144 about -180,000 euros-.This catapult amount to this exquisite work of art to become the most expensive bag in the world sold at auction.

This risky action carried out by Christie's was unusual.It was the first time that this piece of Hermès was offered at auction in the European territory and was also bought at that high price.According to several British media, the international auction director at Christie’s, Matthew Rubinger: "This Hermès bag is the most expensive in the world."

The Diamond Himalaya Birkin de Hermès has a diamond of 18 carat in white gold embedded in its closure.His new owners -whose identities, as in all private auctions, are unknown -exceeded the price range in which Christie’s experts valued the unique piece between $ 100,000 and $ 150,000 -between 82,300 and 124.00 euros-.

Kim Kardashian, Georgina Rodríguez and Jennifer Lopez with the most expensive bag in the world.

When the news of the sale of this bag was known, some celebrities posed their eyes on it and the firm, always willing to fulfill their wishes and needs, others created.It is unknown, yes, if with the same amount of diamonds -crocodile skin does not doubt at all, it is the seal of the house.

In this way, Kim Kardashian (40), Victoria Beckham (46), Jennifer Lopez (51) or Georgina Rodríguez (26) are some of the stars of the firmament of music, fashion and social networks that already have their versionOwn of Diamond Himalaya Birkin, the most expensive bag in the world.

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