Jane Birkin was known for many things. From her style to her francophile tendencies, to the Hermés bag named after her, “Birkin” is a name known the world over. What many casual fans may not know is ...

In 1968, Jane Birkin was a 21-year-old English actress looking for her next gig when she auditioned for Slogan, a film that featured middle-aged singer-songwriter and infamous lothario Serge ...

Jane Birkin was an actress and a singer who became the face of French girl beauty. In the early 1980s, she inspired the design of the iconic Hermès Birkin bag. The mother-of-three was born in 1946; ...

You know her as the inspiration for the iconic Hermès bag or as the slinky love interest of a brooding Serge Gainsbourg. But Jane Birkin—who died at 76 on July 16—was also a distinguished artist in ...

It is to Jane Birkin’s credit that she remained undefinable right to the end. “Singer, actress, fashion inspiration,” read the New York Times obituary headline; “French music icon and mother of ...

After the bag, the second thing synonymous with Birkin, who died on July 16 in her Paris home at 76, is the song “Je T’aime … Moi Non Plus (I Love You … Me Neither).” “It’s a rather extraordinary ...

With partner Serge Gainsbourg, Birkin sang sexy 1969 hit song 'Je t'aime... moi non plus' Together, Birkin and Gainsbourg had a daughter, the actor and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg (“Melancholia,” ...