If you girls are designer handbag freaks, you must know exactly the red gorgeous bag showed above. Yes, it’s THE HERMES BIRKIN bag, one of the most luxurious hand bag there is. They are usually made of a variety of leathers where one of the most expensive variations is made of saltwater crocodile skin.

What about the price? They varied for sure. The thing is, the price of thesse bags depends of the size of the skin scale, the bigger the scale, the cheaper!! But don’t take the word “cheap” literally ok, because “cheap” here is not something affordable for me. hehe. Generally, the price of a Birkin starts at a approx. $500USD, not including taxes, but it can reach (take a deep breath) $35,000 each!!!!!!!

They say if you want this bag, you have to make an order, and wait months even years until you can finally have it in your closet (let’s say it’ll be ages for me). But some famous A-listers don’t find it difficult to purchase one (or even more) of these bags. Take Victoria Beckham for example, she owns like dozens of these bags, all color in all size. Swell. Although I personally think the bag is quite big for her petite figure.

Hermes currently produces 3,000 crocodile bags per year. So that means only 3000 women in the world can have new Hermes Birkin in a year (are you one of them?). But that was before the financial crisis, so what now?

Surprisingly, as mentioned here, despite of the financial crisis storm that affects almost all area, the luxury retailer seems untouched. They even announced that they will breed its own crocodiles to keep up the demand for its iconic handbags. Ssshhheeesshhh… “The world is not full of crocodiles”, as the chief executive said regarding this issue. The massive over-demand and new craftsmen training limitation are some reasons behind the breeding. MASSIVE OVER-DEMAND give me a break!! How much do these people earn despite of this horrible recession??

Sigh. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale.

When I’m still craving and saving money for my LV Neverfull obsession, reading this article really gave me headache. As if working your ass out to get a 500 euro handbag is not painful enough….