Actor and singer Jane Birkin’s original Hermès Birkin will come to auction and lead Sotheby’s first Fashion Icons sale on July 10th in parallel with Paris Haute Couture Week. The bag will be ...

The original Hermes Birkin bag that was made to order for the British and French actress, singer and designer, Jane Birkin is all set to be auctioned by Sotheby's. Yes, you heard it right.

Jane Birkin’s ‘The Original Birkin’ bag, designed by then-Hermès CEO Jean-Louis Dumas in 1984, is set to be auctioned in Paris next month. In a statement, Morgane Halimi of Sotheby’s ...

The original Hermès Birkin bag, which differs slightly form the model sold today, is on item in Sotheby's Fashion Icons auction, which takes place in Paris from June 26 to July 10.

And now it’s up at auction. The first Birkin bag, known as the Original Birkin, will headline Sotheby’s Fashion Icons Sale on July 10 and will be on view at Sotheby’s New York through June 12.

The original Hermès Birkin bag, which acted as the blueprint for what would become one of the most desirable celebrity status symbols in the world, will go under the hammer in Paris next month.

A monumental moment in fashion history is about to occur: Jane Birkin's original Hermès Birkin bag is going up for auction at Sotheby’s in Paris on the 10th July. And as Hanushka Toni, founder ...