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Catherine Benier, owner of the first Birkin bag and the Paris boutique Les 3 Marches, on the exhibition of Jane Birkin's handbag at Sotheby's in Paris.
The Birkin bag is a major plot point of the Sex and the City episode "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda", in which Samantha is placed on a five-year waiting list for the bag. She is so desperate to obtain one that she falsely says the bag is for her celebrity client Lucy Liu. When Liu finds out she fires Samantha and keeps the bag for herself. The Birkin bag also made frequent appearances on the teen hit series Gossip Girl. Many of the bags, including a cognac ostrich Birkin 35, were from th. Catherine Benier, owner of the first Birkin bag and the Paris boutique Les 3 Marches, on the exhibition of Jane Birkin's handbag at Sotheby's in Paris.Other known large collections of Birkin bags include: Singapore socialite Jamie Chua, who reportedly owns more than 200 Hermès Birkin and Kelly bags, and celebrity fashion designer Victoria Beckham, who reportedly has more than 100 Birkin bags. In 1984, Jean-Louis Dumas met the actress and singer Jane Birkin on a plane. He inquired about her distressed handbag and asked if she would like to design a bag with Hermès.
Proud Birkin bag owners probably already know its origin story: Ms. Birkin was rarely seen without her trusty wicker basket—a chic statement unto itself—and during a 1983 flight from Paris to London she went to stow it the overhead compartment when all of her belongings tumbled out onto her seatmate, a passenger by the name of Jean-Louis Dumas.Over the course of her life, Jane Birkin, who died in 2023, was given five Birkin bags by Hermès, which she eventually auctioned for charity. The last one was auctioned in London in 2021, raising approximately 7,000. Her first bag was recently on view at the V&A in London.
Jane Birkin’s own Birkin bags may, given her lived-in approach, be far from pristine. But having been owned by the icon herself, they may prove to be among the most valuable Birkins yet. Jean-Louis, who was the then Hermès executive chairman, quickly sensed an opportunity for a unique bag that would be supple and spacious. Thus was born the Birkin bag, named after Jane Birkin, with its rectangular holdall, a flap and saddle stitching.
The Birkin Hermès design is a collaboration between Jane Birkin and Hermès CEO Jean-Louis Dumas. The two met on a flight from Paris to London in 1984. Birkin confided in Dumas that she lacked a purse with appropriate functionality for her fast-paced lifestyle.
Jane Birkin happened to be seated next to Jean-Louis Dumas, the then executive chairman of Hermès (he was in the role from 1978 until he retired in 2006). Catherine B. on how she came to own Jane Birkin's original Hermes Birkin, and her advice for new collectors of vintage Hermes and Chanel handbags. Catherine Benier, owner of the first Birkin bag and the Paris boutique Les 3 Marches, on the exhibition of Jane Birkin's handbag at Sotheby's in Paris.
Other known large collections of Birkin bags include: Singapore socialite Jamie Chua, who reportedly owns more than 200 Hermès Birkin and Kelly bags, and celebrity fashion designer Victoria Beckham, who reportedly has more than 100 Birkin bags. In 1984, Jean-Louis Dumas met the actress and singer Jane Birkin on a plane. He inquired about her distressed handbag and asked if she would like to design a bag with Hermès. Proud Birkin bag owners probably already know its origin story: Ms. Birkin was rarely seen without her trusty wicker basket—a chic statement unto itself—and during a 1983 flight from Paris to London she went to stow it the overhead compartment when all of her belongings tumbled out onto her seatmate, a passenger by the name of Jean-Louis Dumas.Over the course of her life, Jane Birkin, who died in 2023, was given five Birkin bags by Hermès, which she eventually auctioned for charity. The last one was auctioned in London in 2021, raising approximately 7,000. Her first bag was recently on view at the V&A in London.
Jane Birkin’s own Birkin bags may, given her lived-in approach, be far from pristine. But having been owned by the icon herself, they may prove to be among the most valuable Birkins yet. Jean-Louis, who was the then Hermès executive chairman, quickly sensed an opportunity for a unique bag that would be supple and spacious. Thus was born the Birkin bag, named after Jane Birkin, with its rectangular holdall, a flap and saddle stitching. The Birkin Hermès design is a collaboration between Jane Birkin and Hermès CEO Jean-Louis Dumas. The two met on a flight from Paris to London in 1984. Birkin confided in Dumas that she lacked a purse with appropriate functionality for her fast-paced lifestyle. Jane Birkin happened to be seated next to Jean-Louis Dumas, the then executive chairman of Hermès (he was in the role from 1978 until he retired in 2006).
Owner of the First Hermès Birkin Talks Sotheby's Paris Exhibit
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hermes birkin owner|Catherine B., owner of Jane Birkin's original Birkin bag
