Hermes, Birkin talk over name removal
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HERMES said yesterday it is in talks with actress and singer Jane Birkin about her request to remove her name from the luxury brand’s best-selling crocodile bag because she disagreed with the farming and slaughtering practices of one of its suppliers.
In a statement last month Birkin sought to disassociate herself from the Birkin Croco bag — which costs more than 20,000 euros (US$22,434) — after seeing a video showing how live reptiles were skinned or sawn open at a farm in Texas that supplies Hermes.
Hermes CEO Axel Dumas said the brand told Birkin it had launched a probe into the farm’s practices and was trying to impose higher ethical standards regarding the treatment of crocodiles at all its suppliers.
“We have preserved a relationship of trust and friendship with Jane Birkin,” Dumas said yesterday at the company’s half-year results presentation.
“We are in talks with her” about the matter, Dumas said, adding that for the moment, no lawyers were involved.
“There has been a lot of emotion on her behalf, on our behalf, we still see each other,” Dumas said.
The bag, named after British-born Birkin, who found fame in Swinging London in the 1960s, is one of the most sought-after luxury products, partly because Hermes produces fewer than there is demand for it, creating waiting lists.
Many customers, who don’t want to wait over a year, pay hefty fees, several thousands of euros, to specialized buyers who scout for it on their behalf.
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