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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Kaleigh Werner

How Jane Birkin inspired the most expensive bag in the world

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Jane Birkin, style mogul and the namesake behind the most expensive bag in the world, has died at age 76.

On Sunday 16 July, the British-born actress and singer was found deceased inside her Paris apartment, with French President Emmanuel Macron confirming her death in a tweet, in which he described her “a French icon”.

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