In the wake of Jane Birkin's passing, Vogue looks back on the history of her iconic, eponymous Hermès bag. The year is 1984. Jane Birkin and Jean-Louis Dumas, then Executive Chairman of Hermès, met by chance on board a flight from Paris to London. Little did they know that together they were about to create an icon.. Jane Birkin may very well have one of the most-uttered surnames in fashion history. The 76 year old is best known as the inspiration behind the iconic Hermès Birkin bag , which debuted in 1984.

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Brynn Anderson/AP. Jane Birkin, the British actress, pop singer and namesake of the Hermès Birkin designer handbag, died on Sunday. She was 76. Born in London, Birkin adopted France as her home.. The bag that Jane Birkin inspired eventually took on a life of its own, and by the 1990s, it had become the bona fide status symbol that it is today. When the bag was first released, the name Birkin was certainly more associated with the woman than the accessory, but now that decades have gone by since its introduction to the world, that has.