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Japanese buyer shows off $10-million handbag
Published on 12/11/2025
» TOKYO - The original bag custom-made for the late actress Jane Birkin, which became a design icon, was shown off in Tokyo on Wednesday by the Japanese company that purchased it for a record €8.6 million ($10 million) at Sotheby’s in Paris earlier this year.
How Ace Frehley made himself a rock superhero
Published on 19/10/2025
» Growing up in the Bronx, Paul Frehley had a problem: he wanted to be a guitar god at a time when rock guitarists were everywhere.
World’s most expensive Birkin bag fetches $10 million in Paris
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» PARIS - The first-ever Birkin bag designed by French luxury brand Hermes for celebrity Jane Birkin sold for €8.58 million (US$10 million) at a Sotheby's auction in Paris on Thursday, smashing previous price records for a handbag.
The magic of Rome
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 17/10/2024
» As Rome welcomed the arrival of autumn, waves of avid tourists converged at the crossroads of Via delle Muratte, Via dei Crociferi and Via Poliand. It was becoming challenging for them to find an ideal spot to take photos of the Trevi Fountain, but they kept tossing a coin into it, wishing to revisit the Eternal City.
Pinnacle of Hermès
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 01/12/2023
» Since 1837, Hermès has nurtured six generations of artisans. The ancestral craftsmen worked on making harnesses and saddles at its workshops in Paris.
Jane Birkin, British-French celebrity and style icon, dies at 76
AFP, Published on 16/07/2023
» PARIS - Jane Birkin, the British-born singer and actress who became a style icon in her adopted France, has died, a source close to her said on Sunday. She was 76.
12 secondhand marketplaces and shops for Y2K vibe
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 26/02/2023
» If you've been keeping up with trends, you'll know that Y2K fashion is taking fashionistas by storm. From baggy jeans to crop tops, platform shoes to mini denim skirts, and colourful hair clips to over-ear headphones, they are making a comeback while showing a knack of nostalgia for some millennials who thought these trends were shelved for good. In response to the return of Y2K fashion, Guru By Bangkok Post has gathered a list of thrift shops and secondhand markets that offer unique fashion pieces to pull off a style statement. Who's ready to pop some tags?
Graffiti artist follows his rebellious roots
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 06/06/2022
» A daubed wall marks off a rundown area where makeshift houses were put up for rent, a stone's throw from a luxury condominium in the heart of Bangkok's Sathon. A 40-year-old man exits his car with pink luggage. He puts on a black hat and ties a small cloth around his head. He's wearing a long-sleeve checked shirt, shorts, and black sneakers and his socks are printed with cannabis patterns. Mue Bon, literally translated as "restless hands", opens his arsenal and begins to spray paint a rough sketch of the flightless black bird on the wall.
Good times: Luxury watchmakers face soaring demand
AFP, Published on 07/04/2022
» ZURICH: Times have been so good for luxury watchmakers that they are running behind demand, forcing some to delay the release of new collections and others to invest more in production capacity.
First-ever online Paris fashion week clicks off
AFP, Published on 06/07/2020
» PARIS - The first-ever online Paris fashion week clicks off Monday with the world of glitzy runway shows thrown into an existential crisis by the coronavirus.