You don’t have to watch many episodes of Top Chef to notice that Padma Lakshmi is extremely polished. That might be an understatement: she’s almost imposingly polished. When you stack that on top of being beautiful and very smart, it’s not surprising that even the paparazzi rarely catch her looking at all ruffled. At least a small part of that is thanks to her Hermès Birkins, which she turns to more than anything else in her closet.
In a way, the Padma-Birkin duo makes a lot of sense. The bags are also imposingly polished and beautiful, and they’re a major marker of the kind of cosmopolitan success that Lakshmi has garnered over her career, which spans from high-fashion modeling to award-winning cookbook authorship and television stardom. Check out all the different ways Padma has carried her Birkins below.
She has nice taste
Does anyone know the size of her black one? 25 or 30?
Yes, I’d like to know this too!
Birkins don’t really go well with the floaty, girly dresses that she is wearing in pics 3, 4 and 14
I think pic 4 the birkin looks out of place, but i think the ostrich one pairs nicely with the boho looks.
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At this point I can’t afford a Birkin but I love the lines and practicality of the design. I know a lot of PBer’s say its over exposed, too Kardashian, etc, but I really like them. Tote styles work really well for my lifestyle. I prefer the Birkin to the St Laurent SDJ.
I see three bags total right? Ostrich, black and white. They are all lovely. I’ll take all of them. Thank you.
Lazy/show offy. Wearing Birkins all the time suggests no imagination. It’s like a fashion uniform. There are other bags that would better suit some of those dresses
I love the Ostrich one and she is gorgeous. Is there a “The Many Bags of Padma Laxmi?” I’m very curious to see what else she carries.
I love Padma and birkins but it does make me LOL because she only has a certain demographic of men (old, super rich and white) and I am sure those make these bags even more accessible 🙂
She was married to Salman Rushdie, who is Asian like her . She is probably rich enough on her own steam to afford these bags.
I wouldn’t say she is imposingly beautiful.
She has the worst taste. She is beautiful, but manages to make clothes look cheap. And she isn’t very nice either. Birkins don’t make you a decent person.
Is Padma’s black birkin a JPG birkin?
too bad the bags are heavy and TOO EXPENSIVE!
She’s probably not a bag person. She likes what she has and stick to it. They are basic bags and go mostly with everything.