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

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

Jane Birkin lived a life full of surprises and contradictions as she confronted motherhood, sexuality, fame, consent, abuse, ...

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

Jane Birkin, British-born actress and namesake of Hermès' Birkin bag, died on July 16 at 76 and according to an old interview with WWD, ensured that sales from the iconic purse will continue to ...

— -- Former supermodel Jane Birkin, who said she no longer wants to be associated with Hermès' Birkin handbag, inspired the ultra-luxury product through a random encounter on a plane.

Jane Birkin, 74, released her first album of original songs in more than a decade, “Oh! Pardon Tu Dormais.” (Nathaniel Goldberg) By Jeff Weiss.

Key Background. Birkin was born in London in 1946 and began her career as an actress. She met Serge Gainsbourg on the set of the film Slogan and started a decades-long personal and professional ...

Jane Birkin, the English singer, actor, style icon and Francophile who inspired the Hermès Birkin Bag, died Sunday at her home in Paris. She was 76.

Jane Birkin, the singer, and actor who inspired Hermés' signature bag, has died. She was 76. French media reported that Birkin was found dead inside her Parisian home on Sunday morning.

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

Scuffed, scratched and stained, this black leather Birkin bag just sold for €8,582,500 ($10 millon) becoming the most ...