"Bringing Home the Birkin" by Michael Tonello is quite entertaining. Hermes wouldn't sell Birkin purses to people who walked in the store - but he figured out that they would if he spent a ton of money in the store first. So he started doing this as a business - going to Hermes stores and events all around the world, living a lavish lifestyle at fancy hotels, then reselling the bags on ebay. He thinks the bags aren't really worth so much money, but he'll take advantage of the pentup demand.
He's pretty smart and the book is funny. For me, it exposes the shallowness and hypocritical world of designer fashion. These people think they are special because they have an expensive purse - so dumb. And we're sold this message in a million ways every day.
Rereading "The Imposter's Daughter" and "Renegade." At the library, I got "The Butterflies of Grand Canyon" which looks fun.
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