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A few days before Christmas last year, Nicole Pollard, the founder of luxury styling firm Lalaluxe, got a call from a client. They wanted a rare Himalayan Birkin with diamond hardware — and they wanted it wrapped and ready to go by the holiday.
For the unfamiliar, a Birkin is an exclusive Hermès bag favored by the very wealthy. Himalayan refers to the material: the hand-dyed underbelly of a crocodile. And the diamonds are self-explanatory. It all comes together for a price tag of $750,000.