The Birkin Bag That Started It All Heads to Auction 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.

Jane Birkin's Original Hermès Birkin Bag Just Sold for $8.2 Million at Auction It broke the record for the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction.

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.

For years, from day to night, style icon Jane Birkin carried all of her belongings around in a wicker bag. Luxury brands now offer their own interpretations of the basket.

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 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.

For many years, Jane Birkin carried her things in a wicker basket. Her baguettes, her diary, her keys and her daughter Charlotte’s baby bottles overflowed from the rigid, hefty and only somewhat ...

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

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