Walmart’s $78 Hermès Birkin dupe is a hit on TikTok — but fashionistas are divided
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An original Hermès Birkin can cost anywhere between $17,000 and six figures. The account @styledbykristi drew attention to the discount handbag in a post on December 19, which has now garnered over 7.7 million views. “She’s so pretty,” Kristi said, tearing off the plastic and removing the gold hardware inside.
“(For) $80, you can pretend that you got a Birkin,” she continued. “I mean everyone will probably know it’s not because who the hell has the money to spend on the real Birkin, not me.”. Content creator Dillion Reeds also posted his own video unboxing “the famous Walmart Birkin,” complimenting the structure and accuracy of the cheap design.
“I mean other than it not having the Hermès logo, it literally has all of the same hardware,” he said. “Y’all this is freaking good.”. Reeds loved the alternative and admitted there was no way he’d ever splurge on the real Hermès accessory “even if he had that kind of money.”.
There have been some critics of the alleged imitation, though. Fashion influencer Jesica Elise thought some of the individuals defending the Wirkin “reflected a feigned ignorance of why we consume what we consume.”. “If there’s any fear, it’s that were too ignorant to save ourselves or our planet,” she said in a December 26 video arguing many buyers may have purchased the dupe just because it went viral and was somewhat affordable instead of considering whether or not they actually liked it.
