To own a Hermes Birkin is no less than possessing a crown with prices starting from $9,000 rising to up to $34 Nike SB Dunks,000 for a crocodile skin bag; named for actress Jane Birkin in the year 1984, the bag's popularity and its demand, amongst the celebrated rich and the fashionably famous, seems never to wane.
What's the history behind the bag? According to author Stephanie Pendersen's book 'Handbags, What Every Woman Should Know', the bag's idea first came from a plane trip where Jane Birkin found herself sitting next to Hermes president Jean-Louis Dumas. Reports reveal that she was carrying a Hermes Kelly at the time, or a straw bag, and complained to Dumas that the bag's opening was di...

