Celebrities React to Viral Walmart Birkin: ‘People Who Are Gonna Be Pissed Off About It Are Assholes’
variety.comWalmart, an irony for anyone familiar with the luxury bag worth a $30,000-plus price tag. It’s hard to imagine that anyone with the required disposable income to acquire the famously hard-to-get designer bag would do so on Walmart, but when bold-faced celebrities have a hard time getting off Hermés waitlists, even with cash in hand, any website will do.
But the mega retailer just made a move that will likely make them much more money than the 1-2 real Birkins they sell a year: an $80 dupe that has already flown off shelves since dropping online this month.
The “Wirkin” is currently sold out, but similar dupes can be found on Amazon, and Walmart’s Kelly dupe, Birkin’s little sister, is still in stock.
Since its drop, celebrities, TikTokers and fashion critics have weighed in on the viral knockoff, with many bravely coming out as Birkin haters.
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