$35 ‘Jelly Firkin’ bags infuriate Hermès owners who spent upwards of $100K on luxe purses: ‘This one is cooler’
It’s pouring on the Upper East Side, but even though she’s lugging summer’s hottest “It” bag, Natalie Mileo is fine with getting drenched. The Queens resident “used to freak out” if her pricey Chanel and Fendi handbags got a drop of rain or a speck of dirt on them.
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It’s pouring on the Upper East Side, but even though she’s lugging summer’s hottest “It” bag, Natalie Mileo is fine with getting drenched. The Queens resident “used to freak out” if her pricey Chanel and Fendi handbags got a drop of rain or a speck of dirt on them. But Mileo’s new must-have isn’t a “quiet luxury” staple with gold-plated logos and delicate Italian suede. Say bonjour to the Jelly Firkin, a handbag shaped like the Hermès Birkin bag — a giant leather tote named for willowy ’60s singer Jane Birkin and long considered the ultimate status bag among fashion’s elite — but made from the fun, gummy material also used to make gym class kickballs.
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- It’s pouring on the Upper East Side, but even though she’s lugging summer’s hottest “It” bag, Natalie Mileo is fine with getting drenched. The Queens resident “used to freak out” if her pricey Chanel and Fendi handbags got a drop of rain or a speck of dirt on them.
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$35 ‘Jelly Firkin’ bags infuriate Hermès owners who spent upwards of $100K on luxe purses: ‘This one is cooler’
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