Today, many consumers are looking to vintage or second-hand Birkins, given how hard they are to get brand-new—though it’s obviously not any less costly. Sites such as1stDibs, What Goes Around Comes Around, and Vestiaire Collective all have Birkin bags for sale starting at more than $15,000 and up. Given Seema bought the bag years ago, long before their value increased to staggering heights, it’s safe to say she didn’t pay anything near that—no wonder she was “in the fetal position” over the robbery, then. (In, say, the 2000s, a Birkin was only around $4,000—still expensive!)
The Birkin theft in And Just Like That is not the only time a character in the Sex and the City universe got a designer bag stolen, however. In season three, fans will remember that Carrie gets her purple sequin Fendi Baguette bag and Manolo Blahniks stolen by a mugger in New York as well. How does that compare to Seema’s lost Birkin, exactly? A sequin Baguette only costs around $5,000 today—it’s got nothing on Seema’s $30,000 loss.
Don’t feel too bad for Seema, though. At the end of the episode, Seema discovers her Birkin bag has been ditched in some shrubs on the sidewalk, with all of her belongings taken from it. She doesn’t care. She’s secured the bag, and celebrates with Carrie with drinks. “A toast,” she says, “to the classy old-fashioned mugger who just took my wallet and tossed my purse!”
