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...soporific at times, but to her fans she's making rich, dreamy music that takes its time. For the first few albums, her beautiful melodies were matched at times by the kind of fragile, whispery voice that has become a French tradition in the style of Isabelle Adjani, Jane Birkin and her daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg. But over the last couple of years, Keren Ann's has evolved into more expressive, fuller and more melodic voice. She says it's because she's now writing in keys she's more comfortable singing in, not to mention all that journeyman time doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sweet Songs of Keren Ann | 5/7/2007 | See Source »

Derived from the Haut à Courroies, a style Hermès created in about 1900 to carry a saddle, the Birkin is almost completely customizable, so the $7,000 starting price can escalate to well past $100,000. Almost as famous as the bag is the waiting list the company tries not to let exceed five years. Each bag requires a single, flawless skin, rendering production wholly susceptible to the throes of Mother Nature. If there's a drought in New Zealand, as there was a few years ago, the availability of ostrich decreases drastically. It typically takes six months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Bag | 4/17/2007 | See Source »

...Black crocodile Birkin handbag with 169.67 g of white gold and 10.86 carats of diamonds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Bag | 4/17/2007 | See Source »

...Actress-singer Jane Birkin, for whom the bag was named...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Bag | 4/17/2007 | See Source »

...Martha Stewart proudly carries her Birkin on her way to court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In the Bag | 4/17/2007 | See Source »

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