NEED TO KNOW 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 ...

In a CBS Sunday Morning interview in 2018, Birkin joked that it might be what she’s best known for. “I thought, ‘Oh gosh, on my obituary, it will say, ‘Like the bag’ or something ...

Actor Jane Birkin lying on a roulette table. (Keystone/Getty Images) British-French singer, actor and fashion icon Jane Birkin died on Sunday at 76 years old.

Jane Birkin died inside her home in Paris, France, on Sunday at age 76. Birkin became a celebrity 'It' girl known for her films, music, and style. She inspired Hermès' iconic handbag and was made an ...

British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a 1960s wild child who became a beloved figure in France, died in Paris on Sunday, aged 76. Local media reported she had been found dead at her home ...

Scuffed, scratched and stained, this black leather Birkin bag just sold for €8.6 million ($10 million), with fees, becoming the most expensive handbag to ever sell at auction. The hammer fell at ...

The original Birkin bag, named after the actor, singer and fashion icon that Hermès created it for — the late Jane Birkin — is up for auction in Paris on Thursday.

The original Hermés Jane Birkin bag has sold at auction in Sotheby's Paris, with a price tag of an astounding €8.6 million plus fees ($10mill USD) after a ten minute auction which went to a ...

An auction officer carries the original Birkin bag created by Hermès for Jane Birkin in 1984, prior to its auction Thursday, July 10, 2025 in Paris. Photo by Michel Euler / AP ...

This is why so many people, of all ages, had such a strong reaction to the loss of Jane Birkin. She was beautiful, yes, but more importantly she spent her whole life doing things her way, against ...