A fortnight ago, at Sotheby’s in Paris, the bag Hermès executive Jean-Louis Dumas made for Jane Birkin – the original Birkin bag – sold for €8.6 million. That is the highest price ever fetched at ...

The multi-hyphenate It Girl’s abodes embodied her signature breezy style ...

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 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; ...

Back in July, Jane Birkin’s original Birkin bag—the bag named after the actress by Hermès that has become synonymous with wealth, glamour and unattainability—sold at auction for $10.1 million, which ...

The very first of the famed Hermès Birkin handbags, owned by actor Jane Birkin, sold at auction on Thursday for $10.1 million dollars. Sotheby's described it on social media as the most valuable ...

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). With ...

One of the most legendary handbags in high fashion history, the original Le Birkin bag has just sold for a whopping €8.5 million ($10 million). The stylish, if battered, black leather bespoke piece ...

Some of the world's most iconic products weren't born in boardrooms. They came from moments of pure inconvenience. Case in point: the Hermès Birkin. In 1983, actress Jane Birkin struggled to fit her ...

The bag was made for the actress after a chance encounter with then-Hermès CEO Jean-Louis Dumas in 1984 Marc Piasecki/WireImage; Sotheby's Jane Birkin's 'The Original Birkin' handbag is going up for ...

Watch: Jane Birkin’s Original Hermès Bag Sells for a $10.1 Million at Auction Jane Birkin's original Birkin bag has found a new owner. The black leather Hermès purse—designed by the French label's ...