To date, the most expensive Birkin bag to sell publicly came via a Sotheby’s auction in 2022, with the “Diamond Himalaya Birkin,” a bag studded with white diamonds, reaching over $450,000.

It cost a whole bag of money. The original Hermès Birkin handbag made for actress, singer and fashion icon Jane Birkin in 1984 has sold at auction for a staggering €7 million ($8.18 million ...

Plastic bag regulations have led to significant decrease in shoreline litter, study finds State and local policies to regulate the use of plastic bags have significantly reduced how many of them ...

Some plastic bag bans work better than others The researchers collected information on 611 plastic bag policies nationwide. Of those, the most common was complete bans, which made up almost 60% of ...

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In fact, California's original ban made things worse.