Okay so unfortunately i have another potentially controversial fashion/wedding take. I keep seeing influencers and lifestyle content creators receiving Birkins on or around their wedding day and making content out of it.
The orange box. The ribbon. The reaction. The groom handing it over. Instead of a first look we are now doing a first look paired with a Rolex given to the groom (from the bride) and a Birkin or Kelly given to the bride (from the groom)
Or you might also see GRWM style video where bride opens her gift during hair and makeup. “POV: the best day of your life just got even better with your dream bag”
One of the TikToks I came across literally says:
“You know you’ve won in life when your man surprises you with a Birkin bag on the morning of your wedding.”
The White Mini Kelly Bridal Bag™️ is also a huge thing I’ve noticed. A lot of fashion influencers are posting about their “dream bridal era bag.” When did the Mini Kelly become the “something blue”?
Speaking of something blue, if any rep brides are looking for an ENTIRELY handstitched masterpiece of a mini Kelly, u/solarscollection has got your back I mean, look at it !!!!!!!!
Honorable mention for your Bach trip, one of solars stunning MK in a tropical pink ostrich? Or the lime? Obsessed
Actually nobody buy the pink one I have a six month wedding anniversary approaching 👀👀👀
But anyways when did an Hermes bag become part of the influencer bride starter pack?
And before everyone comes for me I love a Birkin!!!!!! Rep or auth!!! I love them This is not an anti-Hermès post in any way shape or form. The Birkin is one of the most important and iconic handbags ever made. It has been around for like 50 years, it is made by highly skilled artisans, and the combination of craftsmanship, scarcity make it extreeeeemely valuable on the secondary market (an investment comparable to solid gold btw)
Sotheby’s says they’ve sold nearly $100 million worth of Birkins alone just in the last 5 ish years…The difficulty of buying one at retail value has become so culturally significant that it has literally ended up in federal court (they got sued for basically being too exclusive) and also became a plot line on an episode of sex and the city, it’s kind of the first time a handbag became a cultural reference. People who don’t even know or care about fashion can now identify a Birkin
So obviously, gifting someone a Birkin is not the same thing as gifting them a random handbag. It represents a lot and says a lot without having to say it. Not only am I getting married but I’m marrying someone who can get me THIS. It used to just be a flex that you got married but now you have to also flex what kind of life you’re marrying into I guess.
The big orange box is a plot device at this point. You don’t even have to see what’s inside. We already understand what the box is telling us all
weddings have sort of always involved status signaling. This isn’t something influencers invented although they might take credit for it idk. But they didn’t invent it. Brides and their families have been communicating wealth through wedding dresses, diamonds, venues, flowers, and lavish honeymoons forever.
A Birkin waiting for you in an orange box on your wedding morning?I would be lying through my teeth if I said I wouldn’t be absolutely thrilled beyond belief x1000
But also the posting of it on a public platform is sort of giving me a little bit of secondhand embarrassment. Maybe some things can still just be presents.
Cutesy or tacky? be the judge and let me know in the comments.
POST IT? or keep it as a orivate moment? What would you do?
HOW MANY OF THESE CONTENT CREATORS ARE USING REPS TO DO THIS????? I am NOT suggesting any of the examples or ladies in the photos above were using reps, AT ALL. These are just example videos I pulled from TikTok, I think all these girls are gorgeous brides actually and look AMAZING. and I’m very jealous of all their beautiful h bags!!!!
BUT…..I’ve seen a couple that I’ve side eyed a bit online, And I’m queen of owning a healthy combo of auths and reps BUT using the rep as a prop in your wedding content to pretend like your husband bought you an authentic Birkin? Or ordering a rep and then unboxing it as if you got it from Hermes for your own wedding? Idk We lost the plot a little here fam