In the "women and kilts" thread the question of sporrans was raised.. since its now closed but the issue is, I think, interesting..

Many of us have been lucky enough not to have heard of the "Birkin Bag"

but its been to quote the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/fa...=all&position=

"This handbag, which sells for $6,000 to $80,000,"... "Andrew Bolton, the associate curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, said the Birkin's status as an object of blaring consumer fetishism is due to its popularity among celebrities like Lil' Kim and to its surfacing in shows like "Sex and the City."

So what's the relevance with Kilts and a story published last year?

http://www.vogue.co.uk/vogue_daily/s...asp?stid=38249



Jane, of course, has come on in the years since Antonioni's "Blow Up" and top of the pops with "Je t'aime." but still..

Now if only Nicoll Bros in Bankfoot could have charged what Hermes do I'm sure they would not have (after 170 years) not had to close their doors at the end of last year....

And that's maybe the problem.. The sporran market has collapsed since men have been moving over to cheaper imported bags. But women? To contrast: What sane man would pay upwards of $ 6000 USD for a bag? Yet the said Birkin bags continue to have multi-year waiting lists..

Margaret Morrison has now "integrated" Bankfoot sporrans but I doubt (other than contract) we'll see the extremely large range again on offer. There is still also Janet Eagleton (an MBE for her workmanship) who continues to make very nice sporrans but it seems that the market is getting smaller and smaller..