Jane Birkin -A style Icon

On vois aime J. Birkin.

You may not know the name Jane Birkin but unless you've been living under a rock you'll have heard of the Birkin Bag.

Famously, Hermès named and designed the famous "birkin bag" for her in 1984 after the actress was seen in 1981 by the head of Hermès struggling with several bags while boarding an aeroplane. The Birkin bag has become one of Hermès' most popular and expensive handbags.
Grace Kelly is the only other muse of the prized Hermès bag

Katie Holmes holding the iconic Brikin Bag.

Im actually fascinated with her and her life, She has made me want to live in the 1960's . Her bohemian-luxe style appears timeless and effortless.I think its a combination of the era she was in coupled with influences from London and France. I admire her authentic style.

She is an english born french actress from London, she has starred in many controversal films and songs such as 1968 Blowup!

She has said in interviews that she was heavily influenced by the men she was involved with.

"The truth is I did all those things to please the men I liked at the time. I always did what they wanted, as I was scared of losing them."

This is shown in the release of the song "Je t'amie....mon noi plus"(i love you....me neither) written by Serge Gainsbourg initially for Brigitte Bardot, but she begged him not to release due to its sexual explicitness. However Jane agreed to release it when Serge said she would never do anything like that.

It was banned in many europe cities owning to its No. 1 success in the UK!

Cannes film festivel 1969

Cannes Film festivel 1974

She was married to John Barry their daughter, the photographer Kate Barry, was born in 1967.
A creative relationship with her mentor Serge Gainsbourg — Their daughter is actress Charolette Gainsbourg. In 1982 she gave birth to her third daughter, Lou Dillion (who in my opinion may not look very like Jane retains the same effortless style) from her relationship with the directorJacque Doillon. She now resides in Paris because she fell in love with it during her relationship with Serge!

Jane was and still is a style icon, she had the amazing mix of classic english mixed with effortless french chic that i find so inspirational!

She never looked completely polished, always looking like she's just rolled out of bed which gives her that sytlish yet unstyled natural nonchalance (yup i just used the word nonchalance ...any chance i get im taking). Most Irish people cannot get away with this level of scruffiness - we just end up looking like we need a good wash!