What would Jane Birkin have thought of the craze over her namesake bag?

The Hermes Birkin prototype, created in 1984 for the actress Jane Birkin, is displayed before an auction at Sotheby’s in Paris on July 10, 2025. Photo: The New York Times

The world is in the throes of Birkin mania.

This month the original Birkin bag, made by Hermes for British actress Jane Birkin in 1984, sold for US$10.1mil (approximately RM42.9mil) at Sotheby’s in Paris.