Goin' "Banana" over Birkin!

Now, here’s a sassy bag that will surely get your heads turning twice…or even thrice!

Back in April 2010, the Birkin was announced to be “waitlist-free” mainly due to global recession! But in some countries, the most sought-after bag still remains to have a long waitlist…the “Banana Birkin” that is!

The newcomer “Banana Birkin” bag came about as a parody to the infamous Hermes Birkin. With the global economy entering recession, the high price of a Birkin contrary to the recession, and with the burgeoning fight against global warming, a Taiwanese company thought of using the Birkin’s eminent design and made it into a fashionable eco-friendly bag.

The Banana Birkin bag, which was released in April 2010 when the Taiwanese company was established, is actually made of eco-friendly canvas material with a high-resolution image of the Birkin on all 5 sides of the bag—the front, the back, two sides, plus the bottom—and the handles as well!

 back

 sides

bottom

According to the manufacturer, they can only make around 6 bags per hour, since the bag is semi-handmade. They work closely on the details, making sure that each bag is identical with the others.

As of date, the Banana Birkin comes in six colors:

 lake blue

sunset orange

tiffany blue

green grass 

 sweet pink

midnight magenta

For the Christmas season, they have just released four new colors which you can see in the images below.

Lavender (Christmas Collection)

Classic Brown (Christmas Collection)

Grey (Christmas Collection)

Honey Camel (Christmas Collection)

Another delightful news showing the Banana Birkin taking centerstage is from Filipino-Canadian designer Jasper Garvida's Spring/Summer 2011 Fashion show at the London Fashion Week. Jasper Garvida is the recent winner of Project Catwalk (the British counterpart of Project Runway). In Jasper Garvida's London Fashion Week Fashion Show, he gave away grey-colored Banana Birkin bags to all his invited guests. This color is not currently available in the catalog and was made specially for his fashion show.

Here is the Banana Birkin at the Jasper Garvida Spring/Summer 2011 Fashion Show at the London Fashion Week as giveaways :)

Here are two attendees of Jasper Garvida's fashion show with their Banana Birkin bags

Jasper Garvida, a Filipino designer with Ilocano descent born in the Philippines and raised in Canada

Since it was launched last April 2010, the Banana Birkin bag has taken over the Hermes Birkin in terms of waitlisted customers. The Banana Birkin has a waitlist period of around 2-3 months due to the swarm of customers racing against each other to owning this sassy arm candy.

BUT, as your ever reliable bag fairy, I am making the Banana Birkin available to you by the DECEMBER 2010!  Only a limited number of bags per color will be coming in, so if you see a color that you like, just let me know!

Just another special treat for you this Christmas only from Longchamp de Manille!

Merry Christmas everyone! :)

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