Bags: Inside Out, opening on 21 November. The iconic style, for which there are still wait lists even today, was first designed in 1984.The bag was created after a chance meeting between Birkin and Hermès' then executive chairman, Jean-Louis Dumas.
The two bumped into each other on a flight from Paris to London where they talked about how Birkin couldn't find a suitable bag to carry all her belongings and the paraphernalia that comes with being a new mother.
Dumas was inspired to sketch a design on a plane sickness bag - a rectangular holdall with a burnished flap and saddle stitching.
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