Appetites for designer handbags hold on as most expensive arm candy sold this year

It was the year when the most expensive bag ever sold - a Hermes Birkin for a whooping €200,000. Corina Gaffey looks at our obsession with designer arm candy    

Appetites for designer handbags hold on as most expensive arm candy sold this year

If you thought you splurged on accessories, think again, as a few months ago a rare Barbie-pink crocodile skin, Hermes Birkin, with diamond-encrusted hardware set a record in Hong Kong as the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction reaching a whopping €200,000.

Whether you call it a designer bag, investment bag or simply an IT bag, there’s no denying it’s back, alive and kicking.

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