Original Birkin bag sells for record €8.6m in Paris auction – video | FashionNotice: Undefined variable: newid in D:\vertrigo\www\voice\see.php on line 32 ![]() The first Birkin handbag has sold for a record €8.6m (£7.4m) at a Paris auction on Thursday, making it the most expensive fashion accessory ever sold at auction in Europe. The Birkin bag is a symbol of luxury that was born from a chance encounter between the singer and actor Jane Birkin and the former Hermès boss Jean-Louis Dumas on a flight in the 1980s. They got talking after she spilled some of her things on the cabin floor and Birkin sketched her ideal handbag on a vomit bag Source link Posted: 2025-07-14 09:45:41 |
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