Lucy Liu didn’t perceive the additional safety measures behind filming an episode of Intercourse and the Metropolis with an Hermès Birkin bag.
Liu, 57, opened up about starring in a season 4 episode of SATC again in 2001, and what it was like filming with the designer bag whereas showing on Vogue’s “Life in Appears to be like” YouTube sequence. Within the video, which was shared on Tuesday, January 9, Liu recalled, “I used to be enjoying myself and once they requested me to play me I used to be like, ‘What does that imply? What do folks consider me?’”
She defined that her entire gig “really revolved across the Hermès bag.”
“Within the rehearsal, I used to be utilizing this pretend bag, after which after we really shot, [there was] safety, folks wearing fits like Males in Black,” she mentioned. “They’d a protected the place this Hermès bag was.”
She continued, “I used to be like, ‘What’s the huge cope with this bag?’ They’d white gloves on, the entire 9 yards.” Now, wanting again on the cherry purple purse, Liu agreed, “You realize what? It’s an enormous deal.”
Within the episode, Samantha (Kim Cattrall) makes use of her PR connections to amass the bag. She tries to make use of Lucy Liu’s identify to skip a five-year waitlist and get the bag, however Liu finds out and she or he finally ends up taking the purse for herself. She additionally fired Samantha for utilizing her identify.
On the time, a retailer clerk advised Samantha the bag was value $4,000, which will surely be greater as we speak. Birkin baggage begin round $9,000 and might go as much as $10 million. Jane Birkin’s authentic private bag bought for $10.1 in July 2025 throughout an public sale.
The Birkin bag was created in inspiration of Jane Birkin after she met Hermès govt Jean-Louis Dumas on a aircraft in 1981. She was annoyed in regards to the contents of her bag falling out on the aircraft, which impressed Dumas to create a practical purse for girls.
Birkins are so costly and uncommon to get as a result of only some are made per yr, and every takes round 15-20 hours to create in France.
Stars who’ve in depth Birkin collections embrace Drake, Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian and extra.
Again in 2017, Drake, 39, revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that he’s been gathering Birkin baggage for years to sometime give to “the girl [he ends] up with.” He has totally different sizes and colours of the purse, together with a small purple bag, an orange design, a grey look, a purple purse, a teal quantity and extra.
Kardashian, 45, was noticed carrying a $100,000 Himalaya Niloticus crocodile Birkin in 2023 whereas attending a soccer recreation in Osaka, Japan. She styled the luxe purse, that includes white and brown particulars and silver {hardware}, with off-white cargo pants and a smooth tank high. She added much more glam to her look with a full beat, together with dewy pores and skin, smokey eyeshadow, lengthy lashes and shiny lips. Her brunette hair was slicked again right into a excessive ponytail.
