Jane Birkin's Bags

She oozes effortless French chic that almost all women strive for, but not all can have. One of the elements that makes her the fashion icon that she is today is her choices of bags : the woven basket and the birkin. I'm on team basket myself. Always have and always will. I wont buy a bag that looks way too precious/expensive. I think, if you would have a heart attack over a cat scratch on your bag, that's not convenient. 

However, Jane treated her Hermes Birkin like she would any other bag. She used it everyday for 5 years and took it with her on all of her travels. She decorated with stickers and beads and made it her own. If a bag could talk... the stories it could tell.

Despite the bag being named after her, she only owns four birkins. Recently one of the bag was auctioned off to help Japan's tsunami relief. The winning bid was $162,000. Now that's what you call bag investment!

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