If you’ve ever dreamed of owning one of the most iconic pieces of fashion history, then your moment is here: Jane Birkin’s Hermès bag will be auctioned via Sotheby’s on July 10. The original Birkin prototype was created for the late actor and singer in 1984, after she told Jean-Louis Dumas, the chairman of Hermès at the time, that she needed a bag that could accommodate her busy, on-the-go lifestyle.
This is a story that Birkin recounted while sitting front row of…

