By Rebecca Jones
BBC News
March 30, 2017
Singer and actress Jane Birkin has said she now rarely uses the famous handbag that bears her name.
The French luxury fashion house Hermes designed what became known as the Birkin bag in 1981.
But Birkin, 70, has told the BBC that if, like her, you fill the bag with "junk... and half the furniture from your house, it's a very, very heavy bag".
She said: "Now I fill my pockets like a man, because then you don't actually have to carry anything."