In the 1990s, you might have said “a house,” but today a valid answer could also be a Hermès Birkin bag, the capacious saddle-stitched status symbol that has become A-Listers’ accessory of ...

As a result, Birkins, more often than not, sell for well beyond their $12,000 sticker price. The pricing mostly comes down to scarcity principle, per Sotheby’s, which sold a Himalaya Birkin 30 ...

This month, Walmart threw its hat – or bag – in the ring, marketing a $78 purse that looks remarkably similar to the Hermès Birkin bag, long considered the final boss of designer accessories.

Price on request, hermes.com.Credit ... the English actress and singer Jane Birkin dropped her straw carryall, spilling its contents across the floor. The man in the seat next to hers, Jean ...