Here’s a fun little style nugget for you: the very first Hermès Birkin bag, designed in 1985 for actress-singer Jane Birkin after she sketched her dream handbag on an airplane airsickness bag, just sold at Sotheby’s in Paris for a staggering €8.6 million (about US $10 million), setting the record for the most expensive handbag ever sold at auction. Even more charming? The prototype still wears Birkin’s personal touches, from her “J.B.” initials and brass hardware to a tiny nail clipper hanging from the zipper.
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