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- Hermès is having a moment — especially its Birkin and Kelly handbags.
- Speaking with Business Insider, collectors and experts explained why they love them.
- Each said they appreciated the bags' high-quality craftsmanship and practicality.
Hermès is having a moment.
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Look to your left, and see an image of a famed, extremely expensive luxury Birkin-brand handbag. On your right, is a non-fungible token, a digital image whose rights of ownership are recorded on a blockchain. On Wednesday, a jury in New York decided that these MetaBirkin NFTs were indeed a big ripoff of the famous…