Nita Ambani likes to dress up for the limelight. While she is sure to turn heads with her charming persona everywhere she goes, Nita likes to give everyone looking, a show. This explains her arsenal of palm-sized diamonds and emeralds. However, it is her bags that are intriguing us the most of late.
While most wait for years to purchase just one Hermès bag, Nita is the proud owner of a wide variety of them (Yup, very “gotta catch ’em ALL” energy). Some of these bag musts have cost her crores but an exorbitant price tag is no biggie when you are an Ambani. What makes her expensive bag collection interesting to us is the rarity of some of the pieces that Nita owns. The ultra-rare Hermès Himalayan Birkin handbag is one of them! Just a handful of celebs all over the world own this bag. Here’s why it is such a big deal:
Rarest Of The Rarest!
Hermès bags are expensive because of their exquisite craftsmanship. These bags are expensive also ‘coz they are extremely rare. Each one of them is exquisitely hand-made by the brand to cater to a very limited clientele. Now, an Hermès Himalayan Birkin is the rarest of all the bags ever made by the brand. Every bag collector’s dream, this bag is made from the Nile crocodile hide but do not be misguided by the “Himalayan” in its name. The bag is painstakingly dyed to be snow white in the centre and grey towards the edges to resemble the snow-covered Himalayas. Well, all of this explains the sweat-inducing price tag.
As per Sotheby’s, a Diamond Himalayan Birkin was sold for $450,000 (Rs 3.7 crores) via a private sale in 2021. This happens to be the most expensive bag ever sold in an auction. Yes, you can buy the bag at a lower price at the store but the rumours have it that the Himalayan Birkin isn’t available in the stores anymore!
A Well-Kept Secret
It was in 2008 that the Hermès Himalayan Birkin first emerged. However, it was only the VVIP Hermès buyers aka collectors who were told about the bag. This went on for a couple of years until Jean-Paul Gaultier decided to send one of these babies down the runway. The bag instantly caught every bag owner’s fancy across the world and became one of THE bags from the brand.
Well, just in case you fancy buying one, a Birkin 30 Himalayan Himalaya Crocodile Handbag is currently available on the Maison Du Luxe website for USD 250,000 (approximately Rs 2 crores). And now that you know the story of the bag, it is safe to say that’s a steal!
