Mindy and the Birkins, Part 2

Or why I stopped watching Mindy Kaling's show 10 years ago

This post originally appeared on a now-defunct blog of mine. I updated/revised some content after reading in the New York Times that carrying a pristine Birkin bag is considered gauche. If you missed Part 1 on Wednesday, you can read it here.

Mindy, We Are So Over

Originally written/posted on May 20, 2013

Turns out most of my blog traffic lately has been due to my post on Mindy Kaling and the Hermès Birkin bag sighting on her show. I find it rather amusing, but also interesting that people are trying to find out more about the bag.

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen my rants about the second Birkin bag Mindy was carting around. (I've posted the tweets below, since it's been a while.) [Ed. Note: these tweets have since been deleted from this account.]

Now @mindykaling is carrying a RED Birkin bag! Who the hell has TWO freakin Birkins?! #themindyproject

— GirlwithMoxie (@GirlwithMoxie) February 20, 2013

There's the red Birkin again! Dammit @mindykaling! My belief is beyond suspended. It's in the stratosphere now. #themindyproject

— GirlwithMoxie (@GirlwithMoxie) February 20, 2013

The second Birkin was a lovely shade of geranium pink (not a true red, as it were) and it goes for $16,999. [Ed. Note: A certified Hermès Geranium Togo Birkin 35 cm is available here for $15,500.]

Then there were three.

Third Hermès Birkin bag sighting on “The Mindy Project”. Photo courtesy Hermès Purse Forum, circa 2013.