deconstructing birkin

I love that Lady Gaga wrote on her Hermes Birkin with a sharpie and then had her fans sign it while touring in Japan recently. Gaga also turned her black Birkin into a leather voodoo purse (see below) after piercing the hell out of it with spikes...?! It's ugly (in a pretty way) and going to snag the shit out of everything in a 10 mile radius, but I like her take on a sort of untouchable "it" bag. What else would Gaga do with a $10,000 handbag... maybe cut it up and make a hat next time?

 
from purseblog.com
I have a Louis Vuitton Neverfull PM. This bag you will see EVERYWHERE. Didn't occur to me when I bought it. Gaga, you crazy genius: how can I make my LV as cool as your Birkin? My friend Taurus Burns is a Detroit artist - maybe I could commission him to do something cool with it? OR I could do something like this? I would absolutely bedazzle my Birkin!!



tommy ton for style.com