The Birkin bag is named after Jane Birkin. In the early 1980s the English model, actress, and singer reportedly discussed her ideal bag with Jean-Louis Dumas, the executive chairman and creative director of Hermès, on a flight from Paris to London. The conversation was evidently spurred by Birkin accidentally spilling out the contents from her purse and lamenting to Dumas that there were no fashionable bags suitable for the needs of a mother. Hermès released the resulting purse in 1984 with Birkin’s blessing to use her name.
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