BRINGING HOME THE BIRKIN: MY LIFE IN HOT PURSUIT OF THE WORLD’S MOST COVETED HANDBAG

Book ID/图书代码： 02740007B14370

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Chinese Summary/中文概要： 愛馬仕的柏金包舉世聞名，有錢的人還買不到! 要買柏金包的首要條件是有錢，另一個條件則是要有耐心。因為要先排隊兩三年愛馬仕公司才會通知你，輪到你買包包了。就因為僧多粥少的關係，所以網路上很代買柏金包的人，可是很熱門的喔! 時尚記者麥可托尼羅幾年前開始在拍賣上販售他自己的東西，其中包括了愛馬仕的絲巾，從此以後就有為數不少的買家不斷的寫信詢問他”請問你也有賣柏金包嗎 ?”，一開始麥可還不知道柏金包為何讓女人如此著迷，於是他開始查資料了解柏金包，而且他發現了買到柏金包的技巧，首先他買了很多除了柏金包以外愛馬仕的產品，取得VIP會員的資格，這樣愛馬仕公司就會信任這個客戶，替他開啟進入柏金包帝國的大門。書中描述了麥可為他的客戶群，走訪世界各地買柏金包的有趣過程，也詳細介紹了世界各地的愛馬仕，他的客戶甚至還會借出高級轎車跟房子目的只是希望麥可能更順利的買到柏金包，現在麥克在eBay已經成為愛馬仕商品的職業賣家，書中也詳細介紹各種愛馬仕產品，喜歡愛馬仕的朋友不要錯過囉!

Awards/获奖情况：•From “Page Six,” in The New York Post, Feb. 8, 2008:
“THE lure of the Hermes Birkin bag knows no bounds. An advance copy of "Bringing Home the Birkin," which chronicles author Michael Tonello’s success in circumventing the faux two-year wait list and reselling the insanely coveted accessories, sold for nearly $1,000 on eBay this week. Tonello’s hysterical tome about catering to desperate "label whores" is sure to be on many uptown bedside tables when it arrives in April. "Hermes has created a totally fake waiting list, and if you know how to ask for the bag, you get it right then and there," said one source. "People are so desperate, thinking they can’t get Birkins because they aren’t Katie Holmes, that Michael would resell the bags at a huge profit. He traveled all over the world doing it.””
Great Review in Publisher’s Weekly - "Starred Review. In a funny, whip-smart memoir sure to be a sensation among Vogue and W devotees, erstwhile hair and makeup artist Tonello (now a columnist for HuffingtonPost.com) chronicles a surprising (even to him!) trans-Atlantic move from Provincetown, R.I. to a city he’d fallen in love with on a short trip: Barcelona, where he knows no one and doesn’t speak the language. Tonello’s initial euphoria dissolves when his new job fails to materialize. To stay afloat, Tonello starts selling items on Ebay with startling results: his first, heart-racing success, a year-old $99 Polo scarf he sold for $430 to a Midwesterner ("I guess he really liked plaid") makes Tonello an instant believer in the resale capabilities of high-end luxury items. Thus his new trade, and his quest for the Birkin, the "it bag" of all time, famous for its impenetrable waiting list ("What do you mean the waiting list is closed? It’s a waiting list. So I can’t wait?"). After many failed attempts, Tonello plans a weekend drive to Madrid in search of the haute couture holy grail; the result is a 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."
Reviews: "Birkin Bags Don’t Come Cheap or Easy" from the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER - June 11, 2008 http://www.charlotte.com/style/story/664462.html Review by Michelle Obi/MYFASHIONLIFE - From June 9th, 2008 http://www.myfashionlife.com/archives/2008/06/09/review-bringing-home-the-birkin-by-michael-tonello/ (this one has a video of Michael) "The Birkin Code" from THE NATIONAL - June 7, 2008 http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080607/ART/41647767/-1/SPORT "Accessory Becomes Quest of a Lifetime" from the NEWS & OBSERVER - June 2, 2008 http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/1093016.html "Bagging that Elusive Birkin" from THE STANDARD - May 28, 2008 http://www.bostonmagazine.com/blogs/boston/2008/05/29/the-last-word-160/ "Secret to Securing a Birkin Bag Revealed" from THE STAR - May 23, 2008 http://www.thestar.com/living/article/429020

About the Author/作者介绍： Michael Tonello grew up in Massachusetts. He traveled the world as a makeup artist and hairdresser until a chance job assignment in Spain proved fateful, and he resettled in Barcelona. Today he lives in Barcelona with his three soul mates—his partner, Juan, and his two cats, Gala and Dali.

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