The Kelly bag was originally designed by Robert Dumas and sold as Le Sac à Dépêches. The feminine bag with a single handle was renamed in honor of Princess Grace Kelly, as she was often photographed carrying her own, with the most famous occasion being when she held it to hide her pregnancy from the prying eyes of the paparazzi. The artisans at the Hermès workshop learn how to craft the exquisite Kelly bag before any other bag in the line, and there is always a waiting list for them. They are truly bags fit for queens.
Before she had her own Hermès bag designed especially for her, Jane Birkin was famous for carrying the same straw basket everywhere. Purchased from a Portuguese fishing village in the 1960s, it is almost as iconic as the bag that now bears her name.
