<p id=”par-1_83″><em><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/sex-and-the-city/?swcfpc=1″>Sex and the City</a></em> was added to Netflix in April. Since then, the series has amassed an entirely new following. New fans have been sounding off about the series ever since it was added to the streaming service provider’s catalog. New fans have debated each boyfriend and friendship tiff. They are also commenting on the fashion. Samantha Jones’ Hermès Birkin bag featured in the show’s fourth season has everyone talking. Fans are amazed at how cheap <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/inside-the-iconic-hermes-birkin-bag-made-in-honor-of-jane-birkin.html/”>a Birkin bag</a> was in the early 2000s. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-samantha-jones-birkin-bag-purchase-is-surprising-new-fans-nbsp”>Samantha Jones’ Birkin bag purchase is surprising new fans </h2>
<p id=”par-2_85″>In the season 4 episode, “Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda,”<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/sex-and-the-city-samantha-jones-best-one-night-stands.html/”> Samantha Jones</a> becomes obsessed with purchasing a Hermès Birkin bag. She’s willing to pay the price, but a long waitlist forces her to find an alternative way of securing the purse. She cuts the waitlist by telling a rep for Hermès that the purse is intended for her client, Lucy Lui. The plan backfires when Lui shows up with the bag and informs Samantha that a rep for the company has already called about her less-than-professional language. </p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” width=”1201″ height=”894″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Kim-Cattrall-Samantha-Jones.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”Kim Cattrall Samantha Jones” class=”wp-image-2154973″ srcset=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Kim-Cattrall-Samantha-Jones.jpg 1201w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Kim-Cattrall-Samantha-Jones.jpg?w=640&h=476 640w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Kim-Cattrall-Samantha-Jones.jpg?w=768&h=572 768w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Kim-Cattrall-Samantha-Jones.jpg?w=1024&h=762 1024w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Kim-Cattrall-Samantha-Jones.jpg?w=81&h=60 81w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Kim-Cattrall-Samantha-Jones.jpg?w=150&h=112 150w” sizes=”(max-width: 1201px) 100vw, 1201px”><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones on ‘Sex and the ‘City’ | James Devaney/WireImage</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-3_58″>Samantha was willing to shell out $4,000 to get her hand on the Birkin bag of her dreams, despite Carrie insisting it wasn’t her “style.” While $4,000 is still a large sum for a purse, fans new to the series were not amazed by the expense. They were shocked by just how cheap the purse was in the early 2000s. </p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” width=”1200″ height=”1086″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Birkin-Bag.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”: A employee holds a 129,000 USD crocodile Hermes Birkin Bag for the press to see during a private opening for the new Hermes store” class=”wp-image-3669083″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>A crocodile Hermes Birkin Bag | Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-4_66″>The 35cm red Birkin sold for $4,000 in the early 2000s but is worth much more now. The infamous bag now retails for over $12,000. Depending on the materials used and the exclusivity of the design, some Birkin’s can fetch over six figures. Fans never learn whether Samantha got the bag back from Lucy Lui or if she had to consider the $4,000 a business loss. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-samantha-jones-birkin-bag-wasn-t-the-only-time-the-designer-was-mentioned-in-the-nbsp-show-nbsp”>Samantha Jones’ Birkin bag wasn’t the only time the designer was mentioned in the show </h2>
<p id=”par-5_91″>Samantha’s Birkin obsession took centerstage and is certainly the series’s most memorable mention of the designer handbag. Still, it was not the only time something resembling a Birkin was included in the series, though. Carrie carried what looked like a Hermès Birkin bag in season 5. Carrie’s bag was never mentioned, and little attention was drawn to it. That was likely on purpose. The bag’s entire objective was to hide Sarah Jessica Parker’s pregnancy. The purse was <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/sex-and-the-city-samantha-jones-wasnt-only-character-who-couldnt-score-real-birkin-bag.html/”>not the real deal.</a> Parker once revealed that the Birkin her character carried was a replica. </p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-3″><img decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” width=”1200″ height=”678″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Carrie-and-Seema.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=’Sarah Jessica Parker and Sarita Choudhury are seen on the set of “And Just Like That…” Season 3, the follow up series to “Sex and the City” in Washington Square Park on May 20, 2024 in New York City’ class=”wp-image-3668929″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Sarah Jessica Parker and Sarita Choudhury | James Devaney/GC Images</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-6_63″>A Birkin bag also appears in <em>And Just Like That…</em> season 2. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/and-just-like-that-the-1-character-who-could-replace-samantha-jones.html/”>Seema Patel</a> is seen carrying the coveted handbag before she is mugged outside of her townhouse. The thief made off with her bag. The purse was later recovered. It’s unclear if the bag Seema was carrying was the real deal or a knockoff, but it is likely a real Birkin, as much of the episode’s storyline revolves around the purse. </p>