Jane Birkin was an actress and a singer who became the face of French girl beauty. In the early 1980s, she inspired the design of the iconic Hermès Birkin bag. The mother-of-three was born in 1946; ...

PARIS (AP) — Sketched out on an air sickness bag, the first Birkin handbag — the prototype for fashion's must-have accessory — sold for a staggering 8.6 million euros ($10.1 million), including fees, ...

Jane Birkin's 'The Original Birkin' handbag is going up for auction as part of the Paris Fashion Icons sale on July 10 Then-Hermès CEO Jean-Louis Dumas made the bag for actress Jane Birkin in 1984 "It ...

The iconic bag is a symbol of high fashion, but has been an entryway for creatives to contemplate feminism, politics and ...

Jane Birkin - the woman who inspired the legendary Birkin bag - valued utility over luxury. Guess how many of these she owned ...

The Hermès Birkin bag is not just another accessory, but it's an investment piece that requires years of waiting with a ...

Sketched out on an air sickness bag, the first Birkin handbag - the prototype for fashion's must-have accessory - sold for a staggering 8.6 million euros ($10.1 million), including fees, on Thursday ...