A new “Boatkin” bag is firing up Internet fashionistas, and it comes from Delaware County, reports the 6abc digital staff.
Jen Risk invented the bag through Hathaway Hutton, a business she started in 2017 out of her home in Wayne.
The “Boatkin” is a combination of two iconic brands.
Risk has upcycled old L.L. Bean’s Boat and Tote, changing the shape into the famed Hermes Birkin bag that are available for purchase for tens of thousands of dollars.
“It’s like the ‘It’ bag for people that don’t really like “it” bags. It’s cheeky, it’s a little snarky, but it’s still really useful and functional,” Risk said.
Celebrities are noticing, and all that attention has gotten Risk a feature in The New York Times. It’s also been highlighted on GMA as the “viral bag of summer 2025.”
She’s sold about 700 of them at the moment and now there’s a six-month waiting list.
It takes about 10 hours to make one Boatkin bag and costs $1,580.
“I clean them, and I take them apart, and then I cut them, and put them back together, and put on the hardware and the whole thing is really a labor of love,” Risk said.
Find out more about this unique fashion creation at 6abc.
