The Birkin Bag is one of the most recognizable pieces by French fashion house, Hermès. However, British actress and singer Jane Birkin was making statements of her own with a very different purse before the namesake bag was created: her very own...basket. Woven from wicker and casually slung across her arm, Jane Birkin was photographed prolifically throughout the 70's -- whether it be for afternoons by the beach or black tie dinners for Cannes Film Festival -- toting the effortlessly chic basket bag.




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