What years was the Hermès Birkin 25 produced?

The Hermès Birkin 25 was produced 2004–present.

What are the dimensions of the Hermès Birkin 25?

height 20 cm (7.9 in), width 25 cm (9.8 in), depth 13 cm (5.1 in).

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Birkin

Name: Hermès Birkin 25
Brand: Hermès

Catalogued June 2026

Designed in 1984 after Hermès then-CEO Jean-Louis Dumas sketched a spacious rectangular holdall for actress and singer Jane Birkin during a commercial flight (commonly cited as 1983/1984; exact year has some variance across sources, with Hermès and most retrospectives settling on 1984). Rectangular, structured silhouette with double rolled top handles, a single wide flap, and a signature front swing lock and clochette (key fob). Sourced as one of the most recognized status symbols in luxury fashion, with multi-year waitlists historically required at retail.

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Size

2530 32 35 40 Micro Unknown

Material

Togo Guilloche Tadelakt Clemence Ostrich Leather Epsom Chevre Mysore Niloticus Crocodile Porosus Crocodile Swift Alligator Barenia Fjord Box CalfUnknown

Hardware

Gold-Plated Guilloche Palladium-Plated gold palladiumUnknown

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What the house has produced this bag in, from our sourced records.

Material

Togodefault, Clemence, Epsom, Swift, Box Calf, Barenia

Seasonal: Chevre Mysore, Ostrich, Niloticus Crocodile, Porosus Crocodile, Alligator

Construction

Retournedefault, Sellier

Hardware

Gold

The Hermès Birkin 25 is a structured bag produced 2004–present. It measures 20 cm (7.9 in) high, 25 cm (9.8 in) wide, 13 cm (5.1 in) deep.

What it's worth

Hermès · Birkin · 25

All 25 colours and leathers · 676 recorded prices

Best listed right now: $14,995 on Fashionphile, well below the typical price (median $24,500).

Prices have been trending up over the tracked window.

By condition · compared like-for-like

new

6 prices

excellent

328 prices

very good

39 prices

$14,995$58,750

By production era · decade

2000s

2 prices

2010s

1 price

$32,850$50,000

Resale by production era: 3 listings, estimated from recorded prices.

Estimated from recorded resale prices (303 with condition unrecorded) · not an appraisal. As of 2026-07-26.

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Where it stands

of 503 styles in the LC Index

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Date code format (Production record): Shared Hermès blind-stamp system (see Birkin 30 record); not size-specific.
Stamp placement (Production record): Pre-2016: strap or front. Post-2016: interior left side panel.

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How to authenticate this bag

A checklist drawn from the catalogued production records, serial tags, and authentication notes for this variant. These checks help you know what to look for; they don’t replace an in-hand inspection by a qualified authenticator.

The words, in plain terms: Date code: the small letters-and-numbers production tag (not a serial number) · Blind stamp: a small embossed mark recording year and workshop

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Date code format (Production record)
Shared Hermès blind-stamp system (see Birkin 30 record); not size-specific.
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Stamp placement (Production record)
Pre-2016: strap or front. Post-2016: interior left side panel.

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HHouseHermèsest. 1837 · France Shapestructured Era2000s2004 to now

The Story

It began as a doodle on an airplane sick bag, and became the most expensive handbag ever sold.

Origin

A doodle on an airplane sick bag

In 1981 Jane Birkin was seated next to Hermès chairman Jean-Louis Dumas on an Air France flight and spilled her bag across the floor. He told her she should carry one with pockets. She sketched the roomy bag she actually wanted on an airplane sickness bag, and he agreed to make it if he could name it after her.

SourcesSotheby's WWD

Design

Designed to be used, not worshipped

The brief was practical: a bag big enough to hold a young mother's whole day. Jane treated her own that way too, covering it in stickers and charms and carrying it until it wore out. The polished status object came later; the design started as a tool.

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Specifications

Size25

Size categorysmall

Exterior materialNot yet documented · know it? Tell us

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Hardware colorNot yet documented · know it? Tell us

Hardware typeswing lock (turn-lock style front closure) with clochette

Strap typeleather, fixed top handles only

Strap attachmentfixed

Interior materialchèvre (goatskin) leather

Constructionretourne (sellier also exists)

Rigiditysemi-structured

Silhouettestructured

Closureturn-lock with strap (top flap closes with two leather straps that loop through a turn-lock clasp, secured by a separate swing lock/padlock)

Production years

Production details

high

CountryFrance

DimensionsH 20 cm (7.9 in) × W 25 cm (9.8 in) × D 13 cm (5.1 in)

Date code formatShared Hermès blind-stamp system (see Birkin 30 record); not size-specific.

Stamp placementPre-2016: strap or front. Post-2016: interior left side panel.

Resale price history

+58%

$20,595 → $32,500 across 676 recorded sales

2026-06 – 2026-07

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Frequently asked questions

What years was the Hermès Birkin 25 produced?: The Hermès Birkin 25 was produced 2004–present.
What are the dimensions of the Hermès Birkin 25?: height 20 cm (7.9 in), width 25 cm (9.8 in), depth 13 cm (5.1 in).

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The case for

Carried the way almost everyone actually carries it, hanging open, it is effortless. One big compartment, no flap to fight, reach in and go.
3 sources · r/handbags: why are Hermès clasps always left open?
It takes a beating well. A year of regular carry left one owner with no corner scuffs and unmarked hardware, and the room mostly agrees it looks better broken in than pristine.
3 sources · r/handbags: why are people obsessed with Birkins?
Repairability is the argument owners actually make for the price. Handles, hardware and the resin on the handles can be replaced at the Hermès spa, though cracked leather cannot be brought back.
2 sources · PurseForum: the Hermès repair and refurbish thread (the spa)

The gripes

Empty weight is the shock. A Birkin 30 in Togo lands just under two pounds with nothing inside, and owners say a loaded one turns taxing on the arm within a couple of hours.
3 sources · r/TheHermesGame: using a Birkin or Kelly daily
There is no shoulder strap and owners are firm that there should not be. It is hand or crook of the elbow only, and a few who came from shoulder bags stopped carrying theirs over it.
4 sources · PurseForum: does anyone regret not having a shoulder strap on their Birkin?
Handle drop is the most argued spec. On the 25 plenty of owners cannot get an arm through at all, and a coat, thick sleeves or a bracelet stack settle the question for them.
4 sources · PurseForum: does anyone regret not having a shoulder strap on their Birkin?
Doing it up properly takes two hands, somewhere to set the bag down and real time. Security and convenience are a straight trade on this one.
3 sources · r/handbags: why are Hermès clasps always left open?
Attention comes with it. Owners describe feeling flashy on ordinary days, and one says she feels close to embarrassed when strangers clock what she is carrying.
3 sources · r/TheHermesGame: functionality of the Birkin and the Kelly

We write these in our own words from reviews published elsewhere, then let owners here vote them up or down. Read as of July 2026. Reputation shifts, so if one of these has stopped being true, mark it out of date.

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A doodle on an airplane sick bag

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