Which size Birkin should you buy?
What the 25, 30, 35 and 40 actually hold, who each suits, and why the 30 is the clearest value in the market for anyone who intends to carry the bag.
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The Journal
Notes on leather, value and provenance — how the pieces are made, how they wear, and what actually moves their worth.
Guides
Birkin or Kelly?
They cost similar money and are not remotely the same bag. How the two differ in use, capacity, formality and resale — and which suits which owner.
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The Hermès leather guide
Togo, Epsom, Clémence, Swift, Box Calf and the rest — what each leather is good and bad at, and why the leather matters more than the colour.