personal Hermes Birkin piece to action for good purposes. Along with other stars including Katy Perry, Duffy, Ricky Martin and others Jane Birkin helps to raise funds to support Red Cross disaster relief efforts in Japan by selling her precious possession.
Jane Birkin’s black leather bag is distressed with age, and is very personalised due to stickers and talismans attached to it. Jane said that the bag’s condition is the most precious about the bag. If it were new no one would want to buy it.
She explained:
There’s no fun in a bag if it’s not kicked around, so that it looks as if the cat’s been sitting on it – and it usually has. The cat may even be in it! I always put on stickers and beads and worry beads. You can get them from Greece, Israel, Palestine – from anywhere in the world. I always hang things on my bags because I don’t like them looking like everyone else’s.”
It’s a bit surprising to know that Jane Birkin has had only four Birkins since the style was named after her in 1984. And she also donated the last two to charity auctions.
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