The prose is vivid, the tone lighthearted. “A witty and engaging retrospective on long career traipsing the globe as a purveyor of the Birkin bag.” “The perfect, fluffy and fun beach read.” details the comical lengths to which he’s gone to snag hundreds of Birkins that he then sells (with a steep mark-up) on eBay.” “ reveals the key to scoring that Holy Grail of handbags in a clever memoir.” “The one-step, one-stop shop guide to buying a Birkin.” Fashion die-hards, and many others, will be delighted from beginning to end.” Both a hilarious raid on fashion’s strongholds and a memoir that satisfies like a novel. 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. Unless, of course, she happens to know Michael Tonello. 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. For more than twenty years, the Hermès Birkin bag has been the iconic symbol of fashion, luxury, and wealth.
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