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Why the iconic Hermès Birkin was first designed on a sick bag: Jane Birkin met the luxury brand's chairman Jean-Louis Dumas on an Air France flight in the 1980s – and doodled
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Fashion History Lesson: The Iconic Hermès Birkin - Fashionista
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Jane Birkin tells Hermes to change the name of its Birkin bag
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10 Facts About the Hermès Birkin Bag We Bet You Didn't Know - Catawiki
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Jane Birkin designed namesake luxury bag on an airplane sick bag
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Jane Birkin designed namesake luxury bag on an airplane sick bag
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Why the iconic Hermès Birkin was first designed on a sick bag: Jane Birkin met the luxury brand's chairman Jean-Louis Dumas on an Air France flight in the 1980s – and doodled
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History of the Hermès Birkin Bag & how it became so expensive