Is anyone else stunned by the number of birkin bags...

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... carried by women walking along Madison Avenue in New York City on any given Saturday? No matter how many times I see this, it still astounds me. I live here, I am not a tourist. You would think I would be over the shock by now, but I am not.

This afternoon, in the course of a walk up Madison Avenue from 59th to 80th, I saw 4 black birkin bags, two black kelly bags, and three brown birkin bags. Maybe it was 4, I was losing count by then. And Barneys New York shoppers seem to have the most Hermes bags per capita than any other segment of the population.

I find all this almost unreal. Does anyone else share my amazement? Most other East Coast cities, you maybe see one birkin bag or kelly bag a day, if that.
 
#2
Yes, I have been amazed by the density of Hermes bags, specifically Birkins, in that area. Agree that there is nowhere else on the East Coast like it.
 
#4
Wow, I rarely see any Hermes bags in my area and when I do I probably tend to stare (even tho I'm carrying one of my own). I guess I've got to get myself to New York for a while!
 
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Kind of off topic, but I am stunned by the number of Birkins that I am seeing on the shelf these days. There was a time when I had never ever seen one in real life, and now I am seeing several at the store at once... They are not as rare as they used to be...
 
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Birkin123 said:
Kind of off topic, but I am stunned by the number of Birkins that I am seeing on the shelf these days. There was a time when I had never ever seen one in real life, and now I am seeing several at the store at once... They are not as rare as they used to be...
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I agree. My local store had a large travel Birkin in the window for what seemed like months. When I popped inside the other day, there was a Kelly and a Birkin in the glass case.

I didn't even stop to stare...I'm playing it cool. :supacool:
 
#14
Yes, I worked on a matter in NYC last year for 2 months, and there's definitely a lot more wildlife sightings there than any other US cities that I've been to. But I always thought that because I live in LA where everyone goes from door to door in personal vehicles, naturally sightings are a lot less. Of all the major cities I've visited worldwide, I have to say that Tokyo has the densest concentration of H (specifically birkins) I've ever seen. There were birkins everywhere I turned! I would say that Tokyo is the birkin capital of the world.
 
#15
It is really not that hard to get a birkin now......well nonexotic that is! I remember times when a it took about 2 years to get one....now one can easily find one in 2-3 days(well.....paris and madrid stores that is)
 
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