Another day, another reigning TikTok "aesthetic." Along with its obsession with flashily dressed Italian-American women with partners making their livings outside the law, recently the platform's given us a less loaded, far more cheerful trend to try. Namely, hyper-personalized handbags a la the late, great Jane Birkin. Likewise a response to the less-is-more, clean-girl movement, #Birkinifying your handbag, or accessorizing it with pins, charms, key fobs, stickers, patches and interchangeable straps that speak to your personal style and interests, is a social media-propelled trend that's super easy to get behind both intellectually and financially.
Of course, the drive to personalize one's accessories is nothing new. Monograms are a classic example. And think of the Fendi Buggies craze of the mid-2010s. A couple years back, embroidering your L.L.Bean canvas Boat and Tote with trendy, sardonic phrases like "flop era" instead of the more traditional initials was all the rage.
