Birkin tells Hermes: 'Take my name off croco bag!'

Actress and singer Jane Birkin (inset) tells French luxury goods maker Hermes to take her name off the brand's best-selling Croco Bag, after Hollywood actor Joaquin Phoenix informed her about PETA's expose on cruel practices at the crocodile farms that supply the leather to make Hermes bags. Background photo: Reuters/Mario Anzuoni

Namesake: Actress and singer Jane Birkin (shown above as her younger self) tells French luxury goods maker Hermes to take her name off the brand's best-selling Croco Bag, after Hollywood actor Joaquin Phoenix informed her about PETA's expose on cruel practices at the crocodile farms that supply the leather to make Hermes bags. Bag photo: Reuters

Actress and singer Jane Birkin has asked Hermes to remove her name from one of the luxury goods maker's best-selling bags due to what she called "cruel" crocodile farming and slaughtering practices.