Birkin wants her name off Hermes bag
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British singer Jane Birkin has asked Hermes to take her name off the crocodile-skin versions of the iconic Birkin handbag, after being contacted by animal rights group PETA over 鈥渃ruel鈥 slaughtering practices.
A PETA video from June shows several reptiles at a Texas farm that supplies crocodile skins to Hermes left twitching in a bloody ice container to die after being shot with a captive bolt gun and cut with a knife.
Birkin said in a statement obtained yesterday that she was 鈥渁lerted to the cruel practices ... to make Hermes handbags carrying my name.鈥
She has 鈥渁sked Hermes to debaptize the Birkin Croco until better practices in line with international norms can be put in place.鈥
The Birkin bag was created in 1984 by Hermes in honor of the famed singer and ex-girlfriend of Serge Gainsbourg, and is, still today, one of the world鈥檚 most exclusive luxury items.
The bag is beloved by stars such as Victoria Beckham and comes in calf, ostrich, lizard as well as crocodile.
It can cost between US$10,000 and over US$100,000, with waiting lists to buy it famously stretching into the years.
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