The Very First Birkin Bag: Jane Birkin’s Original Hermès Up for Auction at Sotheby's

JUN 30 2025 · 12:00

The Very First Birkin Bag: Jane Birkin’s Original Hermès Up for Auction at Sotheby's. Step into fashion history with the legendary original Birkin bag, now available at auction. This is the very model born from a chance encounter between Jane Birkin and Hermès artistic director Jean-Louis Dumas on an Air France flight in the early 1980s.