How to keep the shape of your Birkin

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#151
TresBeauHermes said:
Hi again, sorry to pester you, but is that a flat pillow underneath the bag where the strap is? I want to do EXACTLY what you are doing! thanks again for your wonderful post!!:heart:
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Hello! Ask and you shall receive. I fear, however, that this post may reveal that I am NUTS when it comes to my Bs. But hey, arent’t we all a little cray cray?? Anywhoo, here is a step-by-step of what I do. Yes, I know this is cray, but ya. Here you go - sorry for the long post.
Step 1: Materials Needed (Birkin, felt, dust bag, pillow insert, towel, airbag - or 2 airbags and skip the towel). IMG_0717.jpg
Step 2: insert bag pillow IMG_0716.jpg
Step 3: dress with felt protector (you can omit this step - I actually have no idea why I do it now that I think about it) IMG_0715.jpg
Step 4: put in dust bag IMG_0714.jpg
Step 5: lay on back and insert rolled towel or air pillow to support top of bag and handles.
At this point I generally pull the shangles so my bag doesnt have bat wings, but leave them loose across the front IMG_0710.jpg
Step 6: add air bag at end of handles for support (may or may not need this depending on whether your handles are elevated above surface or not) IMG_0709.jpg
The gray pillow you saw in my first post is a memory foam pillow that I bought on amazon. It fit perfectly in my cabinet that I use for my B30. My B35s now live in a closet. I ordered a piece of memory foam for the size of the shelf and they sleep on that. IMG_0718.jpgIMG_0719.jpg
Good luck!
 
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#152
TeeCee77 said:
Hello! Ask and you shall receive. I fear, however, that this post may reveal that I am NUTS when it comes to my Bs. But hey, arent’t we all a little cray cray?? Anywhoo, here is a step-by-step of what I do. Yes, I know this is cray, but ya. Here you go - sorry for the long post.
Step 1: Materials Needed (Birkin, felt, dust bag, pillow insert, towel, airbag - or 2 airbags and skip the towel). View attachment 4138293
Step 2: insert bag pillow View attachment 4138294
Step 3: dress with felt protector (you can omit this step - I actually have no idea why I do it now that I think about it) View attachment 4138297
Step 4: put in dust bag View attachment 4138301
Step 5: lay on back and insert rolled towel or air pillow to support top of bag and handles.
At this point I generally pull the shangles so my bag doesnt have bat wings, but leave them loose across the front View attachment 4138298
Step 6: add air bag at end of handles for support (may or may not need this depending on whether your handles are elevated above surface or not) View attachment 4138300
The gray pillow you saw in my first post is a memory foam pillow that I bought on amazon. It fit perfectly in my cabinet that I use for my B30. My B35s now live in a closet. I ordered a piece of memory foam for the size of the shelf and they sleep on that. View attachment 4138304View attachment 4138305
Good luck!
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Oooooh! TeeCee77! thank you thank you thank you~~~:heart::hbeat::heart: This is FANTASTIC! I misunderstood the towel and the pillow (the memory foam) before, so now I know! Thank you so much for going through all the trouble of taking the pics! Its WONDERFUL! I want to be nuts too, and I'm going to do EXACTLY the same as you! I'm going straight to Amazon now for the memory foam! Many thanks!:yahoo::heart::heart::heart:
 
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#154
Thank you so so much @TeeCee77 !
I cannot tell you enough how much I appreciate your taking the time to take the photos and describe the process. I would love for my bags to remain in the best shape possible, so I am thankful for your thorough description.

TeeCee77 said:
Hello! Ask and you shall receive. I fear, however, that this post may reveal that I am NUTS when it comes to my Bs. But hey, arent’t we all a little cray cray?? Anywhoo, here is a step-by-step of what I do. Yes, I know this is cray, but ya. Here you go - sorry for the long post.
Step 1: Materials Needed (Birkin, felt, dust bag, pillow insert, towel, airbag - or 2 airbags and skip the towel). View attachment 4138293
Step 2: insert bag pillow View attachment 4138294
Step 3: dress with felt protector (you can omit this step - I actually have no idea why I do it now that I think about it) View attachment 4138297
Step 4: put in dust bag View attachment 4138301
Step 5: lay on back and insert rolled towel or air pillow to support top of bag and handles.
At this point I generally pull the shangles so my bag doesnt have bat wings, but leave them loose across the front View attachment 4138298
Step 6: add air bag at end of handles for support (may or may not need this depending on whether your handles are elevated above surface or not) View attachment 4138300
The gray pillow you saw in my first post is a memory foam pillow that I bought on amazon. It fit perfectly in my cabinet that I use for my B30. My B35s now live in a closet. I ordered a piece of memory foam for the size of the shelf and they sleep on that. View attachment 4138304View attachment 4138305
Good luck!
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TeeCee77 said:
Hello! Ask and you shall receive. I fear, however, that this post may reveal that I am NUTS when it comes to my Bs. But hey, arent’t we all a little cray cray?? Anywhoo, here is a step-by-step of what I do. Yes, I know this is cray, but ya. Here you go - sorry for the long post.
Step 1: Materials Needed (Birkin, felt, dust bag, pillow insert, towel, airbag - or 2 airbags and skip the towel). View attachment 4138293
Step 2: insert bag pillow View attachment 4138294
Step 3: dress with felt protector (you can omit this step - I actually have no idea why I do it now that I think about it) View attachment 4138297
Step 4: put in dust bag View attachment 4138301
Step 5: lay on back and insert rolled towel or air pillow to support top of bag and handles.
At this point I generally pull the shangles so my bag doesnt have bat wings, but leave them loose across the front View attachment 4138298
Step 6: add air bag at end of handles for support (may or may not need this depending on whether your handles are elevated above surface or not) View attachment 4138300
The gray pillow you saw in my first post is a memory foam pillow that I bought on amazon. It fit perfectly in my cabinet that I use for my B30. My B35s now live in a closet. I ordered a piece of memory foam for the size of the shelf and they sleep on that. View attachment 4138304View attachment 4138305
Good luck!
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awesome!!!! even if some of the readers do not repsond to this, it is posts like this that many of them will still put into use or some version if it. thank you!
 
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Vhermes212 said:
awesome!!!! even if some of the readers do not repsond to this, it is posts like this that many of them will still put into use or some version if it. thank you!
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Thank you for the kind words. I know it’s a little over the top, but I almost passed on my HG because of slouch and I was able to 100% correct it by storing it this way. If I help even one person, it was worth it! And don’t mistake, I use one of my bags every day. I use them and love them dearly. But, if I can aid in them lasting as long as possible in the best of shape, what is an extra 2 min to put them away! [emoji172]
 
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cavalpha said:
@TeeCee77, you are a star!
Can you provide a link for the piece of memory foam that you lay on the shelf. Thank you!
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Here is the link for the memory foam pillow. Unfortunately says unavailable ☹️ I honestly just searched amazon for memory foam seat cushions to find this. I’m sure any kind would work - this one just happened to be the perfect measurements. You can also search and find places that do custom memory foam. I ordered a piece that is the exact dimensions of my closet shelf for my B35s.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01MSWHQDR?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title
 
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TeeCee77 said:
Thank you for the kind words. I know it’s a little over the top, but I almost passed on my HG because of slouch and I was able to 100% correct it by storing it this way. If I help even one person, it was worth it! And don’t mistake, I use one of my bags every day. I use them and love them dearly. But, if I can aid in them lasting as long as possible in the best of shape, what is an extra 2 min to put them away! [emoji172]
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TeeCee77, thank you so much for taking the time to share your storage strategy and materials- I ordered the Baghunter pillows after seeing your post. While the shipping was a bit on the high side, they shipped immediately: I ordered on Saturday and the package arrived on Monday! I love your memory foam idea as well, so thank you for posting the links :)
 
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Monceau said:
TeeCee77, thank you so much for taking the time to share your storage strategy and materials- I ordered the Baghunter pillows after seeing your post. While the shipping was a bit on the high side, they shipped immediately: I ordered on Saturday and the package arrived on Monday! I love your memory foam idea as well, so thank you for posting the links :)
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You’re welcome. The shipping on those BH pillows is borderline insane, BUT they have worked the best of anything I have tried. Sigh. Good luck!!
 
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#163
TeeCee77 said:
I have read through many threads on maintaining birkin shape and storage. I have a good before and after from a while back that I wanted to share that shows how good storage really can help maintain shape! I store my bags stuffed with a triangle shaped pillow, on their backs, on a shelf with memory foam, straps loose. First picture is store fresh (a little slouchy). Second picture is 3 weeks in storage without use. This is just my way of doing it, but happy so far!
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Wow its still in really nice shape..
I got my birkin last year, i use the pillow and put laid down on closet..
From the beginning i realize my birkin leather looks like have a line on the side (probably it happens when i put it on hand carry from europe to my country).. After see this forum and other post pic mostly still in a great shape..
(Pic with pillow inside)
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(Pic with no pillow)
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Firstly i thought maybe its because the clemence leather.. is anyone have same issue with me? Thanks....
 
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