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July 23, 2010

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What the ‘Birkin Bag’ do you mean?

When Courtney Love thinks about fashion she things about a “Birkin Bag“.

When an Atlanta Wife Sheree Whitfield goes for dinner she has her “Birkin Bag” along for the meal (I think the bag even get’s it’s own chair!).

Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World’s Most C

“A witty and engaging retrospective on [Tonello’s] long career traipsing the globe as a purveyor of the Birkin bag.”“Funny, thrilling, chock-full of great cocktail-party stories told with the flair of a natural raconteur.”“The one-step, one-stop shop guide to buying a Birkin.”“Funny, whip-smart. . . . 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.”“This summer’s most adorable chick-lit book. . . . It’s smart. It’s fizzy. It’s amusingly snarky, with attitude to burn. ”“A deliciously quick nonfiction read.”“Fascinating. . . . The sassy and resourceful Tonello built a very lucrative eBay resale business from his apartment, specializing in Herm}s scarves and the French luxury purveyor’s highly desired Birkin bag. It’s hard not to be swept up in his delightful one-man Birkin Brigades.”“The fashion world is about to be handed its own Da Vinci Code with Bringing Home the Birkin.”“Part comedy, part history, part treasure hunt, Michael Tonello’s memoir is a romping sociological inquiry. If you’re like me, you’ll be transfixed and wanting more!”“A deliciously addictive true tale of continent-hopping, celebrity-schmoozing, and a crazy-like-a-fox quest for that Herm}s “it” bag, the Birkin. Haute read, indeed.”“Herm}s’ worst nightmare.”“ [Tonello] reveals the key to scoring that Holy Grail of handbags in a clever memoir.”“The perfect, fluffy and fun beach read.”“In his peppy, addictive memoir . . . [Tonello] details the comical lengths to which he’s gone to snag hundreds of Birkins that he then sells (with a steep mark-up) on eBay.”“Tonello recounts the strange times.