Bringing Home the Birkin - My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag
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| Verlag | HarperCollins UK |
| Auflage | 2009 |
| Seiten | 272 |
| Format | 15,2 x 22,9 x 1,9 cm |
| Gewicht | 310 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 0061473340 |
| EAN | 9780061473340 |
| Bestell-Nr | 06147334EA |
A whimsical account of the author's five-year travels throughout the world in search of hard-to-obtain genuine handbags that he would subsequently sell on the Internet for a lucrative profit describes the events that led to his accidental career and his related encounters with celebrity and danger.
Klappentext:
For more than twenty years, the Hermès Birkin bag has been the iconic symbol of fashion, luxury, and wealth. 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. Unless, of course, she happens to know Michael Tonello. . . .
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.
Rezension:
"Funny, whip-smart. . . . Both a hilarious raid on fashion's strongholds and a memoir that satisfies like a novel. Fashion die-hards, and many others, will be delighted from beginning to end." Publishers Weekly (starred review)
