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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.

Touret & Plaques

There are various components of any Birkin, in this case of the Himalaya 25cm, we see a great shots of two, all in palladium plated hardware, the “touret” and the “plaques”.

The touret is a stem with a vertical eyelet reaching confidently 1” out from the Birkin, serving two primary functions:

  1. Holding the crocodile sanguines (straps) together to close the bag, each sanguines having the plaques. These plaques are 1.75” wide, and the one which stand affront bears the iconic HERMÈS-PARIS logo, are sure hallmark of an authentic Birkin.
  2. Hosting the iconic lock when securing the Himalaya Birkin