For all the trouble it took me to get the viral 'Walmart Birkin,' you'd think I was attempting to source the real thing.
For all the blood sweat and tears I invested in trying to buy the viral “Walmart Birkin,” I’m thinking I should have just attempted to buy a real one. I first began to see videos about Walmart’s Birkin lookalike, or Wirkin, on TikTok during that dead zone between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The story was that Walmart had begun selling a bag from third-party sellers for around $80 that looked incredibly similar to the iconic and exclusive Birkin bag from Hermés.
Immediately, there were issues. The first problem was the size. I don’t know exactly how big I expected it to be, but in all of the videos I saw on TikTok, the bag certainly seemed big enough to fit my MacBook, which slipped into most medium-size purses with ease, even if it stuck out the top. It did not. I was forced to walk through the airport carrying my laptop and my coat over one arm as the bag sat on top of my carry-on.
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