Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag @ richardeward.com

Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag
by Michael Tonello
from William Morrow

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Rip-off Artiste
  I was disturbed by this empty, fatuous book and disturbed by the many fawning, fatuous reviews. We have something serious here, a superficial man leading an empty, distorted, corrupt life, and then writing a congratulatory book about it, without an inkling of self-awareness. There is a good word that describes this man's career, a word that the author doesn't seem to be aware of, and it's called SCALPING. Scalping is when someone who is dishonest and without integrity puts him/herself in the position to get... more info

• Ecellent read
  Great and funny book. What a wonderful well travelled life, Mr. Tonello
  Lived in his quest for the BIRKIN. A must Read for every FASHONISTA

• Fun read, very informative, but at its heart, it's an Hermes expose
  While reading reviews for this book, one thing you rarely see is the mention that it's also a scathing expose of Hermes' business practices. I also don't think their customers, and in particular those that pay ridiculous secondary-market prices, come off all that well. I'm sure that wasn't the primary intent of the author, but it is silly to pursue a status symbol to the point where you're willing to pay many thousands of Dollars over the regular price just to get a handbag.
  What do you get for those... more info

• So far so good
  Been through the first few chapters so far...
  Reads like a breeze...
  Very tongue-in-cheek...
  Quite readable....
  

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