In 1984 the English actress Jane Birkin was traveling alongside Jean-Louis Dumas, then president and heir of Hermès, a flight between Paris and London. Jane complained that there wasn't a large bag on the market and practical enough for the modern woman's life. Months later emerge to Birkin, based on an original model of the late 19th century - the same that led to Kelly bag, a tribute to Princess Grace Kelly and sales champion of the maison
