When she first arrived in France in the late 1960s, she was just a shy, clumsy girl, and how did she become the most famous British singer in the French music scene? What happened to make her have a bag that belonged to her name?
Jane Birkin was born in London on 14 December 1946. Her father, David, was a well-known British aristocrat, and Jane was a commander in the Royal Navy when she was born. Jane's mother, Judy Gamber, was a reputable actress and a beloved muse of the famous British playwright Noel Coward. Jane grew up in this bourgeois and artistic family environment, with her brother Andrew and sister Linda.
Jane lived in London in the 1960s. It was an era of fashion and pleasure, and the British art world flourished almost overnight. Soon Jane decided to follow in her mother's footsteps and enter the world of acting. She first appeared on the stage in London as part of the musical Passion Flower Inn. Soon after, however, she left the theater and turned to the film industry, where she won her first role in director Richard Lester's Film Trick in 1965. Two years later, her acting career took its first big turn. Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni chose this shy and clumsy girl to star in the film "Spring Break". Jane had just married British composer John Barry (the soundtrack author of the famous "007" series) and gave birth to her daughter Kate on April 8, 1967. However, Jane and John did not get along well, and they divorced shortly after the birth of their daughter.
The year 1968 was a historic turning point, both in Jane Birkin's private life and career. This year, French director Pierre Guehambra was looking for a young British actress for her film Slogan. Almost desperately, Jane crossed the tunnel to France to take part in a role competition audition, convinced that leaving England would undoubtedly bring good luck to her career.
Jane, who had just arrived in France, could not even say a single French word, but at this time she had to play against the famous Serge Gansbourg. At that time, Gainsbourg was in his early forties and was already a master figure in the French literary and artistic circles. He wrote songs, sang songs, and occasionally acted in movies. Gainsbuw is also notable for a series of hilarious love affairs, while he is entangled with sex icon Brigitte Bardot. At first, Gainsbuw didn't give young Jane a good look on the set or off the set. But one night, the two of them went out to eat together at Maxim's Restaurant, and there was a spark in their relationship that night. Soon, the two began a passionate relationship, and unexpectedly quickly transformed into the most remarkable and legendary couple in the French music industry.
In 1969, Jane made two films in France: Les Chemins de Katmandou and Cannabis. Both films are mediocre and have had a mediocre response in the international film world. However, Jane was able to be as close as possible with Serge, as both films involved Gainsbourg. Now, this pair of lovers is like glue, inseparable.
In 1977, Jane experimented with writing her own songs and wrote the lyrics for the song "Yesterday yes a day."
During a flight, Jane Birkin came across Jean-Louis Dumas, the brand president of Hermès, when she complained that the Kelly Bag's bag was narrow and stiff, making it inconvenient to carry the baby's diapers, bottles and other debris. From a modern perspective, the reason for the popularity of the birkin bag is easy to understand——— it is suitable for travel, easy to match and full of fashion, and many professional women who pursue high taste treat it as a briefcase.
Jane vividly remembers the story at the time: "I remember very clearly that I took my young daughter to London on air France and sat next to a man. I'm not sure what kind of bag I'm holding – my husband reversed the previous two days and broke the basket I was carrying. He could never have imagined the consequences of this, and during this flight trip, when everything in my bag had fallen out, the man sitting next to me said to me: 'You should use a bag with an inner bag.' I said, 'If One day Hermès makes a bag with an inner bag, I will definitely buy it.' Then the man said to me, 'I'm Hermes, and I'll add the inner bag to your bag for you.' ’”
Jane drew a design on the plane's vomit bag and gave the specifications: "Why don't you make a handbag that's bigger than a kelly bag but smaller than a men's suitcase?" ”
The design inspiration for such a platinum bag was only 4 platinum bags in her lifetime, and not long ago she donated her last platinum bag for charity auction.
"I am very proud to bring art, dance, music, circuses to the slums of Kenya by auctioning my platinum bag, bringing some joy and self-worth to hundreds of children who have nothing," birkin said. Artists can go there and work with these children, and there's nothing better for platinum packs than to be able to help these kids. ”
In 2011, Birkin told vogue.com, "What's the point if the bag can't be kicked around at will, so my platinum bag is always worn out to look like it's been sat by a cat – and of course, the cat even lives in it!" ”
Rumor has it that this is the last platinum bag owned by Birkin herself, and she once said that she has only had 4 handbags of the same name since designing the birkin bag for her in 1984.
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