‘Pre-loved’ designer bags and shoes at affordable rates

DID you know that a Hermes Birkin handbag can be used as bank collateral?

But lest Malaysian owners think they can exchange their pricey carriers for cash with the local banking institutions, Tina Yow, the 30-something director of Attic House, a ‘pre-loved’ bags and shoes boutique in Plaza Damas, quickly points out that such arrangements are only available in private banks in ceertain parts of Europe and only to a select circle of trusted clients.