Birkin bag maker Hermes posts 7% rise in quarterly sales

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The story is more than well known: Jane Birkin struggled to fit her purse into the luggage compartment of the plane when her belongings ended up scattered on the floor. It was 1984 – the date dances from versions to versions, but it is the one that they hold from Hermès – and the actress was traveling from Paris to London with such good luck that Jean-Louis Damas, manager of the French maison at that time, witnessed her small accident and left h…