Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Han

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		Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Han
		Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Han

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Starred Review. In a funny, whip-smart memoir sure to be a sensation among Vogue and W devotees, erstwhile hair and makeup artist Tonello (now a columnist for HuffingtonPost.com) chronicles a surprising (even to him!) trans-Atlantic move from Provincetown, R.I. to a city he'd fallen in love with on a short trip: Barcelona, where he knows no one and doesn't speak the language. Tonello's initial euphoria dissolves when his new job fails to materialize. To stay afloat, Tonello starts selling items on Ebay with startling results: his first, heart-racing success, a year-old $99 Polo scarf he sold for $430 to a Midwesterner ("I guess he really liked plaid") makes Tonello an instant believer in the resale capabilities of high-end luxury items. Thus his new trade, and his quest for the Birkin, the "it bag" of all time, famous for its impenetrable waiting list ("What do you mean the waiting list is closed? It's a waiting list. So I can't wait?"). After many failed attempts, Tonello plans a weekend drive to Madrid in search of the haute couture holy grail; the result is a both a hilarious raid on fashion's strongholds and a memoir that satisfies like a novel. Fashion die-hards, and many others, will be delighted from beginning to end.
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Lives there a (female) soul so uninformed that heart and head do not flutter at the word Birkin? This luxe handbag, lovingly crafted by the artisans of Hermès, is reportedly sporting at least a two-year waiting list for would-be purchasers until Tonello, eBay reseller and gadabout hair stylist and makeup artist, literally stumbles across a method of Birkin acquisition. In this shopaholic-like memoir, the author begins his across-the-world searches from a humble base in Provincetown, Massachusetts; acquiesces to a Barcelona gig; falls in love with the city and a man; and moves—permanently. With the promise of a real job dissolving in one phone call, Tonello resorts to selling his own considerable wardrobe—and a few first editions—on the Web. Buoyed by success, his focus soon lingers on Hermès scarves—and, eventually, on the prize bag. In search of crocodile treasures, he (and we) meets every character in and out of high-end retail land, from buyers Ellen and Sarah to petty thief Luc and bedecked and bedazzled designer Lakis Gavalas. Chuckleworthy, with a few personal and sorrowful reminders that life simply happens … so enjoy! --Barbara Jacobs

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"Fascinating. . . . The sassy and resourceful Tonello built a very lucrative eBay resale business from his apartment, specializing in Herms scarves and the French luxury purveyor's highly desired Birkin bag. It's hard not to be swept up in his delightful one-man Birkin Brigades." (Minneapolis Star Tribune )

"The one-step, one-stop shop guide to buying a Birkin." (Huffington Post )

"A deliciously addictive true tale of continent-hopping, celebrity-schmoozing, and a crazy-like-a-fox quest for that Herms "it" bag, the Birkin. Haute read, indeed." (straight.com )

"[A] sunny memoir. . . . The prose is vivid, the tone lighthearted. Mr. Tonello comes off as the fantasy gay best friend immortalized in contemporary women's fiction: sassy, plucky, optimistic-oh, and he can get you a Birkin." (Wall Street Journal )

"The one-step, one-stop shop guide to buying a Birkin." (Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post )

"This summer's most adorable chick-lit book. . . . It's smart. It's fizzy. It's amusingly snarky, with attitude to burn. " (New York Times )

" [Tonello] reveals the key to scoring that Holy Grail of handbags in a clever memoir." (Boston Herald )

"Funny, thrilling, chock-full of great cocktail-party stories told with the flair of a natural raconteur." ("The Year in Books 2008," Chicago Center for Literature and Photography )

"Funny, whip-smart. . . . Both a hilarious raid on fashion's strongholds and a memoir that satisfies like a novel. Fashion die-hards, and many others, will be delighted from beginning to end." (Publishers Weekly (starred review) )

"A deliciously quick nonfiction read." (Charlotte Observer )

"The fashion world is about to be handed its own Da Vinci Code with Bringing Home the Birkin." (Maclean's )

"A witty and engaging retrospective on [Tonello's] long career traipsing the globe as a purveyor of the Birkin bag." (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette )

"Part comedy, part history, part treasure hunt, Michael Tonello's memoir is a romping sociological inquiry. If you're like me, you'll be transfixed and wanting more!" (Tim Gunn )

"Tonello recounts the strange and serendipitous tale of how he went from cleaning out his closet to being one of the busiest Internet resellers of Birkin bags in the world." (The Globe and Mail )

"I devoured, and adored Bringing Home the Birkin, the story of how one man turned the fashionable set's obsession with Herms' signature handbag into a handsome, globe-trotting career." (Jennifer Weiner, Author of Good in Bed and In Her Shoes )

"[A] memoir of . . . madcap travels, triumphs and humiliations. [Tonello] peels back the layers of pretension at the eminent design house. . . . Anyone who's ever stepped into a luxury boutique and felt the sting of the doorman's disapproval will find a hero in Tonello." (Miami Herald )

Boston Globe bestseller (No Source )

"The perfect, fluffy and fun beach read." (glamour.com )

"In his peppy, addictive memoir . . . [Tonello] details the comical lengths to which he's gone to snag hundreds of Birkins that he then sells (with a steep mark-up) on eBay." (moderntonic.com )

"Herms' worst nightmare." (New York Daily News )

作者简介

Originally from Massachusetts, Michael Tonello traveled the world as a makeup artist and hairdresser before resettling in Spain to become an eBay luxury reseller of all things HermÈs. He resides in Barcelona with his partner, Juan.

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