The original Hermès Birkin was made for Jane Birkin in 1985 and is now owned by a private collector from Japan - Mike Daines/Shutterstock A version of the world’s most famous bag has just sold for a ...

Jane’s original Birkin bag made history last week, selling for $10 million (€8.6 million) at Sotheby’s Paris—more than any handbag has ever sold at auction. This is the true story of how Jane’s bag ...

It cost a whole bag of money. The original Hermès Birkin handbag made for actress, singer and fashion icon Jane Birkin in 1984 has sold at auction for a staggering €7 million ($8.18 million). With ...

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 ...

Few items are as iconic as the Hermès Birkin handbag, which has become the ultimate symbol of luxury and exclusivity. It has been immortalized in popular culture across various disciplines—films, ...

The Birkin Bag is the ultimate status symbol: wildly expensive, ridiculously hard to get and immediately identifiable. Real Housewives collect it, hip-hop artists rap about it and “Sex and the City” ...

The original Birkin bag made for Jane Birkin is set to be sold at auction house Sotheby's in Paris on July 10. ALAIN JOCARD,GILLES LEIMDORFER/AFP via Getty Images It cost a whole bag of money. The ...