num_pages: 272
description: For more than twenty years the Hermes Birkin bag has been the iconic symbol of fashion luxury and wealth. With a fabled waiting list of more than two years to purchase one the average fashionista has a better chance of climbing Mount Everest in Prada pumps than of possessing this coveted carryall. Unless of course she happens to know Michael Tonello. . . . With down-to-earth wit Michael Tonello chronicles the unusual ventures that took him to nearly every continent and from eBay to Paris auction houses and into the lives of celebrities and poseurs alike on the road to becoming a successful entrepreneur and Robin Hood to thousands of desperate rich women. 
language: English
title: Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag
publisher: William Morrow