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Gaga Defaces a Birkin in Sharpie: “I love little monster, Tokyo love.”

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Graffiti bag shmaffiti shmag—defacing a luxury handbag has never been so DIY. Lady Gaga took a marker to a pristine white Hermes Birkin handbag in Tokyo and wrote: “I love little monster, Tokyo love" in Japanese.

Guess the $5,000+ price tag and months-long wait-list for one of these Birkin doodads wasn't a deterrent.
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