Jul 14, 2025 · For more than a decade, singer and actress Jane Birkin carried a wicker Portuguese basket as a handbag, one she’d found at a market in London.

The Birkin bag (or simply Birkin) is a handbag created by the French company Hermès in 1984, following a meeting between Jean-Louis Dumas, then CEO of the group, and the actress Jane …

Jul 10, 2025 · The first ever Birkin to have been created by Hermès, the bag was designed for the British actor and singer Jane Birkin. The Francophone style icon used it nearly every day from …

With a dedicated space for her baby’s bottles! The Birkin is available in a rare heritage leather with unique character. Entirely vegetable-tanned natural cowhide has an exceptionally …

Jul 20, 2025 · This month the original Birkin bag, made by Hermès for the British actress Jane Birkin in 1984, sold for $10.1 million at Sotheby’s in Paris. The way Ms. Birkin wore it, …

In July 2025, Sotheby’s sold Jane Birkin’s own Hermès Birkin bag —the original prototype created for her in the 1980s—for a record-breaking $10.1 million at auction in Paris.

Jul 10, 2025 · The world of luxury fashion witnessed a historic moment as the original Hermès Birkin bag, once owned and used by the late British actress and singer Jane Birkin, sold for a …

Jun 11, 2025 · In 1985, Hermès presented Birkin with a prototype of her ideal bag as a gift with one request: that the bag would bear her name. She agreed, and the Birkin bag—one of the …

Jul 10, 2025 · The British-French actor and fashion icon Jane Birkin’s original Hermès Birkin bag broke multiple records at auction, soaring to a price of $10.1 million.

Jul 10, 2025 · Jane Birkin’s original Hermès Birkin bag sold for a record-breaking €7 million, totaling €8.6 million with fees, or $10.1 million, this afternoon at Sotheby’s in Paris. It is now …