In 1983 Jane Birkin boarded an AirFrance flight from Paris ... me – my husband Jacques Doillon had reversed his car over my basket [bag], crushed it on purpose not two days before.

He eventually gifted the actress a black calfskin prototype of the Birkin, suggesting that the purse be named after her. "Tired of her baskets, Jane wanted a bag like [her partner] Serge ...

Upon remarking at the difficulty Jane had in getting her open-topped, ever-classic pannier basket bag in the overhead locker – Birkin told Dumas that she has never been able to find the perfect ...

If you want an easy way to switch your spring wardrobe into high-summer mode, take a leaf out of Jane Birkin’s book and embrace the basket bag. It doesn’t have to be as structured as Birkin ...

The luxe bag was created for and named after the actress Jane Birkin in the early 1980s ... Louis Dumas on a flight with her signature basket bag. Birkin lamented the lack of stylish bags big ...

As luxury companies navigate the choppy waters of a global economic slowdown, France’s Hermès has once again found stability ...