The first model of bag created by Hermès, the Haut à Courroies, accompanied the legendary couple back and forth between Paris ...

Auctioning off a piece of fashion history where had it not been for the Haut à Courroies, there would be no Birkin.

Few style icons loom larger in the public imagination than Jane Birkin. Born in London on December 14, 1946, the multihyphenate made a name for herself in several industries, including fashion, music, ...

Marisa Meltzer's new book 'It Girl' examines the life of Jane Birkin, who was so much more than the Hermes bag named in her honor.

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 a ...

After Jane Birkin’s death, author Marisa Meltzer moved to Paris to retrace the icon’s life. “It was all about representing ...

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, ...

She eventually left him for another man, film director Jacques Doillon, who gave her her first substantial film role (1981’s ...

The original prototype Hermès Birkin bag that belonged to the now-iconic accessory’s inspiration, the actor and singer Jane Birkin, sold for over $10 million at a Sotheby’s auction on Thursday in ...

PARIS — 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, on ...

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, ...