Ameesha Patel, who is all set to make a big comeback with her film Gadar 2 with Sunny Deol, is excited about her upcoming ventures. The actress, also known to be a popular fashionista, confessed her love for style and opened up about her passion for bags and watches. Being an ardent bag collector, in an exclusive interview with Bollywood Hungama, the actress confessed about the most expensive bag in her massive collection and it seems it is her beloved Hermes Birkin.
Talking about the ‘Rolls Royce’ of bags, Ameesha Patel confessed to Bollywood Hungama that she is a complete Birkins girl. “If you tell me which is I would like to call the ‘Rolls Royce’ of bags, then it's the Birkin by Hermes. It's the most sought after, and difficult bag to get. You can be on a waiting list for five to ten years and not even get it after that. But I didn’t have to wait very long. I was fortunate,” she told us.
Further elaborating on her collection of Birkin bags, Ameesha continued, “The one I have is a crock Birkin. Birkin on its own is very difficult to get but when it comes in exotic skin which is ostrich, lizard, snake, or crocodile skin, it's very very hard to get. The exotic skin is the most valuable like you can buy a house in place of this bag. That's how you know the price wise and difficulty wise it is.” She further went on to speak about the price and confessed that it is almost worth Rs. 60 to 70 lacs but added that it is cheaper than the bags that celebrities like Rihanna and Victoria Beckham own. “This bag is the most expensive. it's a Birkin and a crock, so the price is now about Rs. 60 to 70 lakhs. The ones that Victoria Beckham and Rihanna and all have diamonds which go into millions, so this is actually very cheap compared to the bags they have but this is the most expensive bag I would have in my collection.”
She further went on to describe the bag as she added, “This is a size 35. This is a size 30. The largest size I have is 40. So, this one is a pink Croc - it was a brighter pink earlier but through the ages it's aged. It's got silver hardware. Here, you can customize your hardware as per your needs. This one is a white Togo leather with gold hardware. And this one was again customized by me. I gave them pink and blue combo shades and I wanted it in matte gold finish etc. It took about a year to get made. So, I gave the Hermes store the size, the colors, the combo, the leather choice etc.”
She also opened up about how it is challenge to own a Birkin bag in itself and mentioned that she owns at least 16 of them. “It's very difficult to get a Birkin. You can be whoever, whatever but to get a Birkin is hard. I think I have about 16 Birkin in all shapes, sizes, colors, collected over the years; some passed down from family like heirlooms.”
Furthermore, the actress revealed that she only buys limited edition and likes the bags that are only unique to her. “I keep them like babies like you would keep your child. All of them are cherished because if you can see none of them are run of the mill. You know all of them are limited edition. They're not the ones that you would typically find mass produced. Even within the brand itself. And they have all been out for a particular season, are hard to get and then you don't get them anymore,” she concluded.
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