Victoria Beckham Is Back in Her Birkin Bag Era

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was dedicated to Samantha’s attempt to skip the wait list to get her hands on one by claiming the handbag was for Lucy Liu, and Kris Jenner has a dedicated wardrobe for her collection—complete with a neon sign that reads, “Need Money for Birkin.” But before the Kardashian family started investing in the Hermès status symbols in bulk, Victoria Beckham was one of the first celebrities to put the bag squarely in the frame for the paparazzi.If you look back at any pictures of VB from the aughts, whether she’s in transit in airport terminals or pouting in football terraces, chances are she has an Hermès Birkin hooked over her elbow.

She was first seen with this bag in 2004, when she invested in a tan version. Just five years later estimated that Beckham owned as many as 100.Beckham at a press conference for David Beckham joining LA Galaxy in 2007Victoria Beckham at the World Cup in 2006They were the foundation of her WAG wardrobe, and she had an array of colorways to ensure her bag always blended perfectly with her look.

At the World Cup in 2006, for example, she selected a white version to complete her patriotic outfit, wearing it with a red England tank top and white micro shorts; in 2007 she wore a bright pink Birkin to match her Roland Mouret Galaxy dress to an LA Galaxy event.She might have left the bleached blonde “pob” (Posh Spice bob) and her Moving to America catchphrase “major” behind her, but this week she proved it’s not the end of the Beckham Birkin era.Beckham at Lo Scoglio on August 18 in Nerano, ItalyVictoria Beckham with her Hermès bag in ItalyThese days Victoria Beckham almost exclusively wears pieces by her own brand, as she knows just how effective photographs of her can be at moving product.