The person who suggested the idea was none other than 'Mr. Hermes', or Jean-Louis Dumas, widely known as the person who ...

The original Hermès Birkin handbag made for actress, singer and fashion icon Jane Birkin in 1984 has sold at auction for a ...

The original Hermès Birkin bag, which acted as the blueprint for what would become one of the most desirable celebrity status ...

Since then, the Birkin bag has become a pop-culture phenomenon. It is name-checked in rap lyrics and on “Sex and the City,” photographed on celebrities and regularly fetches six-figures on the auction ...

The unique and original Birkin bag that fashion house Hermès made for actor and singer Jane Birkin sold for 7 million euros ...

Jane Birkin's original Hermès bag—made by designer Jean-Louis Dumas after the actress couldn't find a purse large enough to ...

Discover how Jane Birkin's casual airplane complaint created fashion's most coveted accessory. From her original $10 million ...

For years now, thrifty shoppers have been able to buy pre-owned Birkin bags on Walmart, an irony for anyone familiar with the luxury bag worth a $30,000-plus price tag. It’s hard to imagine that ...

Between the wait lists, the iconic namesake and its ladylike allure, the Birkin maintains as the bag to have. See Hermes' finest on the arms of modern It girls.

How Jane Birkin inspired the capacious saddle-stitched status symbol worn on the arms of A-List celebrities today — and why the bag’s prices have been soaring.

The ne plus ultra of luxury fashion status symbols is the target of a take-down by its celebrity namesake.. The crocodile Hermès Birkin bag, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, has ...