How rare is the white crocodile used to make Hermès Birkin bags?

The white Hermès Birkin bag made from albino crocodile skin is one of the world's most rare and expensive bags. But if it is white crocodile, how rare is it?

Crocodile is not strange to many people but alligators with white body are "extremely rare".

However, according to recent rumors, the Hermès Himalayan Crocodile Birkin bag of Hermès luxury is made from the skin of these crocodiles. It sounds reasonable, because Hermes Himalayan Crocodile Birkin is one of the "most expensive in the world" bags, with an estimated value of about 2.5 billion VND. But only a few giants "count on their fingers" are allowed to own it.

Hermès Himalayan Crocodile Birkin bag.

Also, alligators are so rare .

According to the Telegraph, white crocodile Nile (crocodile) is one of the rarest animals in the world, currently only 12 individuals are recorded.

White crocodiles can be albino, or leucistic - a genetic disease that degrades the body's pigmentation . In individuals with leucistic phenomena, they have only a few pigments in their mouth, tail tip and blue eyes (instead of red as in albino).

Meanwhile, the number of normal albino crocodiles is also rare. Of the more than 2 million crocodiles (aligator) in the United States, only about 40-50 individuals suffer from albinism.

White crocodiles can be albino, or leucistic - a genetic disease, which reduces body pigmentation.

Like many albino animals, with their sensitive skin, albino crocodiles are very afraid of sunlight and are prone to skin cancer if exposed to the sun. So they always hide in the dark.

According to experts, the maintenance of albino animals, especially albino crocodiles, is extremely difficult because of the outstanding skin color that makes them vulnerable to the enemy's detection, and only exposure to the sun. also harm them.

Therefore, almost all the albino crocodiles live in the wild "almost zero" that they are introduced to nurture and care in captivity.

The American aquarium in New Orleans used to hold a leucistic white crocodile, found in the Louisiana swamp in 1987. However, he died at the age of 28 in 2015.

In fact, the Hermès Birkin bag is only made from the skin of a regular Nile crocodile.

Ok rare, but .

Unfortunately, the Hermès Himalayan Crocodile Birkin bag made from albino crocodile skin is just false. Perhaps this rumor comes from the full name of the bag is Matte White Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Diamond Birkin.

In essence, it was made only from the skin of the common Nile crocodile, but undergone a very miraculous dyeing process to produce a white and brown finished product that simulated the snow-covered Himalayan peak image. .

But even though it is not made from albino crocodile skin, this bag itself is sufficiently luxurious to make the upper class sisters have to . choke. All hardware are plated with 18-karat white gold, with 240 diamonds attached. Each year Hermès also produces only 1-2 bags like this, so it is obvious that it is not easy to just own the money out of the bag.