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

A massive price tag isn't unheard of in the world of Birkins, but this one is surely the most iconic.

The Hermès Birkin prototype, originally made for Jane Birkin, sold at a Sotheby's auction in Paris for $10.1 million. What to ...

The very first of the famed Hermès Birkin handbags, owned by actor Jane Birkin, sold at auction on Thursday for $10.1 million ...

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

Jane Birkin was a British and French actress, singer, and designer. She is widely known for her roles in French cinema and ...

Sketched out on an air sickness bag, the first Birkin handbag — the prototype for fashion’s must-have accessory — sold for a staggering $10.1 million, including fees, on Thursday in Paris to ...

But first, earlier in the episode, Sam Sussman, Vogue ’s global director of social, drops in to share what it was like to attend the Birkin bag auction in person—and explain (unrelatedly) why she ...

Discover how the iconic Hermès Birkin bag was originally created for Jane Birkin and why her well-worn original just sold for ...

"the designer bag created while sitting on the airplane was sold at auction last thursday by the auction company sotheby's in ...

Bids opened at €1 million and quickly escalated, with nine collectors driving up the price to gasps and applause at the Paris ...