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title: "Hermès Birkin 30 (Orange Epsom)"
date: 2021-09-16T13:22:48-04:00
categories: [bags, hermes]
tags: [birkin, orange]
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![Hermès Birkin 30 in Epsom Calfskin [Orange]](/images/hermesbirkin30orangeepsomstock.jpg)

This bag is so notorious, that it made its brand notorious. Supposedly 
designed for Jane Birkin after a basket she was carrying througn an airport 
spilled its contents when she tried to stuff it into a plane's overhead 
storage, it's become an icon of a supposed "selectivism" of the brand's 
choice of customers; even if the average person did have thousands of dollars 
to spend on a piece of hand luggage on a whim, they are so sought after, that 
they nearly instantly sell out when stores get the chance to restock them. 
The date code on mine denotes that it was made in 2016.

Epsom is Hermès' name for calfskins that have experienced an artificial 
graining process. Calfskins not suitable for more "natural" finishes such as 
Togo are applied with heat and pressure to make its grain perfectly 
consistent and hide small imperfections in the skin, as well as more scratch 
and water resistent.