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发表于2024-12-23
Bringing Home the Birkin pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024
An insider's hilarious, whirlwind account of his years spent globe-trotting in search of the holy grail of handbags: the Birkin For more than twenty years, the Hermès Birkin bag has been the iconic symbol of fashion, luxury, and wealth. Though the bag is often seen dangling from the arms of celebrities, there is a fabled waiting list of more than two years to buy one from Hermès, and the average fashionista has a better chance of climbing Mount Everest in Prada pumps than of possessing one of these coveted carryalls. Unless, of course, she happens to know Michael Tonello . . . Michael's newfound career started with an impulsive move to Barcelona, a vanished job assignment, no work visa, and an Hermès scarf sold on eBay to generate some quick cash. But soon the resourceful Michael discovered the truth about the waiting list and figured out the secret to getting Hermès to part with one of these precious bags. Millions of dollars worth of Birkins later, Michael had become one of eBay's most successful entrepreneurs—and a Robin Hood to thousands of desperate rich women. With down-to-earth wit, Michael chronicles the unusual ventures that took him to nearly every continent, from eBay to Paris auction house and into the lives of celebrities and poseurs. Flirting with danger, Michael recounts the heady rush of hand delivering his first big score to famed songwriter Carole Bayer Sager in Paris; how he had to hire thugs to rescue a bag that one of his "shoppers" held for ransom; and the story of the Oscar-worthy performances that allowed him to snag "reserved" bags from other, less dogged Birkin seekers. Whether he's relating his wining and dining, buying and selling, dodging and weaving, laughing and crying, or schmoozing and stammering, Michael is a master raconteur who weaves together tales of hunting Birkins in the world's most posh locales, memories of meals that would make any gastronome salivate, anecdotes of obsessed collectors with insatiable desires, and sweetly intimate stories about his family, friends, and finding true love. The result is a memoir that is distinctive, fun, page-turning, and as addictive as its namesake.
我也要追~
评分I really want to have a gay friend like that
评分挺好看的故事~~~
评分interesting, insightful, funny and touching. A+
评分据说是买birkin入门经典教材。此人3个月买了130个。我2天买一个。他赚20万英镑,我赚500欧。革命尚未成功,同志仍需努力 浮华大梦一场。只是故事仍然继续上演。爱马仕存在一天,reseller的故事就不会结束
最近半年里唯一一本从头到尾读下来的英文小说. 原因其一是失眠让我一晚上就读了150页; 其二是因为作者不是写小说的, 写的与其称之为小说,不如说是印在纸上的BLOG; 其三就是BIRKIN的神秘引起的好奇心. 作者描述的欧洲奇特经历里面不完全是如何打理他的BIRKIN倒卖(其中的技巧看似...
评分看这本书纯粹是因为对handbag和对时尚的兴趣, 但是现在看了一半,觉得更加吸引我看下去的反而不是birkin这个东西, 而是Michael对于生活的态度。 Michael在一个对现状尚未不满的情况下 做出了一个 Life changing decision 仅仅是冲着自己对巴塞罗那的好感。 但是当一个人有...
评分最近半年里唯一一本从头到尾读下来的英文小说. 原因其一是失眠让我一晚上就读了150页; 其二是因为作者不是写小说的, 写的与其称之为小说,不如说是印在纸上的BLOG; 其三就是BIRKIN的神秘引起的好奇心. 作者描述的欧洲奇特经历里面不完全是如何打理他的BIRKIN倒卖(其中的技巧看似...
评分看这本书纯粹是因为对handbag和对时尚的兴趣, 但是现在看了一半,觉得更加吸引我看下去的反而不是birkin这个东西, 而是Michael对于生活的态度。 Michael在一个对现状尚未不满的情况下 做出了一个 Life changing decision 仅仅是冲着自己对巴塞罗那的好感。 但是当一个人有...
评分最近半年里唯一一本从头到尾读下来的英文小说. 原因其一是失眠让我一晚上就读了150页; 其二是因为作者不是写小说的, 写的与其称之为小说,不如说是印在纸上的BLOG; 其三就是BIRKIN的神秘引起的好奇心. 作者描述的欧洲奇特经历里面不完全是如何打理他的BIRKIN倒卖(其中的技巧看似...
Bringing Home the Birkin pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024