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Jeff Berk
Entrepreneur & Author
Jeffrey Berk has worked in luxury goods and finance for more than two decades. His finance and advertising agencies have served most major luxury brands. Founder of Privé Porter, a category leader in luxury collectible accessories, he has consulted with analysts, journalists, and venture capital firms on the luxury goods marketplace. He has been interviewed for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg Radio, TheStreet, and others. He co-founded the non-profit, The Little Lighthouse Foundation, which has generated over $2 million in revenue to assist impoverished families throughout south Florida.

Cadena, Clochette, Keys

There are various components of any Birkin. In the Himalaya 30cm, we see a great shots of three, all in palladium-plated hardware: the “cadena”, “keys“, and “clochette”.

The clochette is the lanyard and keys cover, in this instance still made of the Himalaya Nico crocodile leather. It is often worn on the bag whether the lock is being used or not, hanging approximately 7 inches once wrapped typically around one of the handles.

The cadena (lock) is also iconic to Hermés, boasting the iconic “H” in ribbed effect on both sides. In all cases, the cadena usually is in the same palladium or gold-plated hardware, but in this case, the palladium lock is encased in more of the Himalayan Nico crocodile leather.