It only took a single issue voiced by British actress, Jane Birkin, a paper, and a pen for Jean-Louis Dumas, the Executive Director from 1978 to 2006, to provide an innovative bag option for the new mother at the time. Purses, totes, clutches, Hermès does it the best. Listening to their consumers is their number one priority. There are no catches for the future, the bag ages gracefully with vegetable-tanned natural cowhide.
“Birkin” became an obvious name dedicated to the woman who had the opportunity to help produce an item all mothers could hold fondly.
In their conversation on the plane from Paris to London, the actress opened up about her struggles with finding a convenient bag for her baby’s bottles, but also enhancing her style simultaneously. Dumas was a “say less” designer; what people needed, he created.
Rectangular in shape, lifted in firm leather, and decorated with a burnished flap and saddle stitching, the bag’s characteristics are subtly loud in ambience.
The “3-en-1” design includes: a leather tote holdall and canvas clutch which mimics the look of the actual Birkin. The clutch can be held in one hand while the bag swings in the other on your whereabouts this Spring season.
Young mothers do not need to sacrifice their love for styling a complete look with accessories and all for a cliche diaper bag. Turning the necessities into a dedicated masterpiece inspired the executive director to grow the line since the first release in 1984.
Victoria Beckham’s inventory amounts to over 100 Birkins of which value at an outstanding $2M. Being that she is married to the romantic David Beckham, she receives casual giftings from her husband such as an Albino Nilo Crocodile Himalayan Hermès Birkin bag. An expert on the brand, Jane Finds, informs that it is “possibly the rarest and most desirable handbag in the world”.
Birkins circulation is one of which has landed on the shelves of high-profile celebrities, but more importantly, the story behind them is one that is relatable and cherishable as it gets.