17 July 2023<\/time>\n<\/p>\nFashion house Hermes have paid tribute to “close friend and long-time companion” Jane Birkin.<\/p>\n
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Jane Birkin has died<\/p>\n
The London-born singer-and-actress – who died on Sunday (16.07.23) aged 76 – famously inspired the company’s Birkin bag after their chairman Jean-Louis Dumas sat next to her on a flight and witnessed her struggling with her luggage, prompting the design of a larger leather accessory with pockets, and the brand have hailed the iconic star’s “soft elegance” and “natural curiosity”.<\/p>\n
The fashion house said in a statement: “We have lost a close friend and a long-time companion. With a shared sensitivity, we grew to know each other, we discovered and appreciated the extent to which Jane Birkin’s soft elegance revealed an artist in her own right, committed, open-minded, with a natural curiosity of the world and others.”<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Mia Farrow admitted the news was “heartbreaking”.<\/p>\n
She tweeted: “Heartbreaking news. Jane Birkin was one of the kindest, dearest, funniest, most generous, original and interesting people I\u2019ve ever known. Thoughts with her family.”<\/p>\n
\nHayley Atwell simply shared a photo of Jane on her Instagram story, along with the dates of her life and a heart.<\/p>\n
\nAnother of the ‘Kaleidoscope’ actress’ friends, Etienne Daho, took to Instagram to pay tribute to the star.<\/p>\n
\nThe French singer wrote: “Unimaginable to live in a world without your light in it.”<\/p>\n
\nThe Smiths’ guitarist Johnny Marr recalled working with Jane in 2006.<\/p>\n
\nHe tweeted: “RIP Jane Birkin. Playing on her album ‘Fictions’ in 2006 was a lovely experience. A sweet and kind person with a heart for art.”<\/p>\n
\nFrance’s Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul Malak, hailed the ‘Je t’aime… moi non plus’ singer as “the most French of Britons.”<\/p>\n
\nThe politician tweeted: “The most French of Britons is gone.<\/p>\n
\n“Jane B was mischief, impertinent elegance, the never-outdated emblem of an entire era, a murmuring voice that remains our idol.<\/p>\n
\n“A woman of heart, committed, whose disappearance leaves us Alone In Babylone.”<\/p>\n
\nSonic Youth’s Kim Gordon felt “lucky” to have crossed paths with Jane once.<\/p>\n
\nShe wrote on Instagram: \u201cRIP Jane Birkin, so sad to hear this! She was always a quiet and powerful inspiration! Lucky to have met her once.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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