The now-iconic handbag was created by Hermès for actor-singer Jane Birkin in 1984 after she sat next to the company's CEO on a flight. By Eléa Guilleminault-Bauer June 6, 2025 ...

A real highlight for fashion fans: The original legendary Birkin Bag by Jane Birkin is going up for auction. The iconic luxury accessory will go under the hammer at Sotheby's in Paris in July.

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 ...

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 ...

The iconic Jane Birkin‘s original Hermès Birkin bag is headed to Sotheby’s auction house in Paris this summer. This legendary accessory, which Jean-Louis Dumas (then-Hermès CEO) specially ...

The current auction record for the most expensive handbag was set in 2017 at Christie’s Hong Kong, where a diamond-studded Hermès Birkin 30 made from crocodile skin fetched a jaw-dropping $510,000.

It's the Birkin bag to end all Birkin bags.. This summer, Sotheby's auction house will solicit bidders for Jane Birkin's original Hermès bag, designed and named after the British actress and ...

The first-ever Birkin bag that was designed by French luxury brand Hermes for actress Jane Birkin is set to be sold at auction in Paris, with the piece of modern fashion history likely to spark a ...

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 ...