It all began in 1984 on a plane flight from Paris to London. Hermes‘ chief executive Jean-Louis Dumas was sitting next to the actress Jane Birkin. As she was placing her purse in the overhead compartment, all of the contents suddenly fell to the floor and left the actress highly irritated. Dumas began to help her pick up the items and a conversation ensued. She then began to complain about how she was unable to find a weekend bag that was suitable to her liking. After their brief encounter and the discovery of her blatant disgust for the current selection weekend handbags, Dumas decided to create a designer handbag for her that was based on the Haut Courroies, a design by Hermes from around the turn of the century. This is where the craze began.
Following this initial gift came a lust for a designer handbag that had never been seen before. Women from around the world were swooning at the very mention of its name. Fashionistas were longing to call the almost fully customizable purse theirs. The skins