Original birkin bagImage Credit Source: CNN
There is also a lot of craze about hand bags in girls. A great bag shows the status as well as the status in the look. For this, people spend from thousands to millions, but the price of a hand bag is so much that you can buy a luxury bungalow. This is surprising to hear this, but is true. The original birkin bag built by the French brand Hermes was sold in the auction. Despite being very old, many records were broken in the auction of this extremely rare bag. Many bids were made during the record of one million. In just 10 minutes of auction, a Japanese person bought this black hand bag for 8.6 million euros i.e. $ 10 million. Let us know that its Indian price is around 86 crores.
The story of this bag sold at such an expensive price is also very special. This bag has become a symbol of status and exclusiveness. Let us know that this bag holds a very special place in the fashion world because it was used by British singer and actor Jane Birkin. People buy it as an investment piece, because the value of this bag keeps increasing with time. So let’s also know why it is so.
How to make “Original Birkin” bag?
Hermis designed this bag for the first birkin bag, British actress and singer Jane Birkin. Whose story is also quite interesting. Actually the matter is in 1984 when former Hermis president Jean-Lui Dumas was sitting on a seat near the actress Birkin in a flight from Paris to London, during which Jane Birkin (who was the mother of three baby at that time), during this time he did not get a bag according to his needs in which he is not getting a bag in which he can easily keep the goods easily. And for this reason, he had kept a big basket with him which fell from Galit while taking the flight. After this, Jane Birkin said that she wants a bag that is half size from her suitcase. Hermis made this bag and made this bag in 1985 after one year.
Jane Birkin used this bag for so many years?
Hermis gave 4 bags to Jane Birkin in a gift after this bag, but this bag is quite special, because the style icon Birkin used it almost every day from 1985 to 1994 and that is why it became the ultimate symbol of luxury status. It is also said that Birkin used to donate it for charity. In 1994, singer Jane Birkin sold it for AIDS research and after that this bag has gone to many people. However, it was publicly showed again in New Aroke’s Museum of Morden Art and Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
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Where was people will remember this bag?
In the year 2023, at the age of 76, Jane Birkin said goodbye to this world and he jokingly said that people would remember him the most for this iconic style inspiration and “When I will die… I would probably only talk about that bag.” Indeed, this bag has become one of the most recognized expensive accessories today.
Why is this bag special?
After the original birkin, many bags were made, but the mits of this handbag were never copied to the metal rings, hardware like shoulders, hardware and the rest of the details, i.e. it is a single piece. The most important thing is that on the back flap of the singer’s name, the names of the name of the name of the name of the name of the singer, “J.B.” It is written as well as one pair silver nail clipper hanging on the shoulder’s straps, in fact Jane Birkin had his nails cut off and for this reason she kept this clipper for use with her. This bag creates a royalty, because this old bag has a daily lifestyle marks of Birkin. Which includes flying color due to two stickers of human organizations “Medicine Do Monde” and “UNICEF”.