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You’ve read about the initial announcement of the Louis Vuitton x COMME des GARCONS collaboration and saw a sneak preview yesterday, here is the official press release and images from Louis Vuitton. Per the press release: On September 4, 2008, Louis Vuitton opens an impermanent store inside Comme des Garçons in Tokyo. The idea for the project emerged from the memories of Comme des Garçons founder Rei Kawakubo. In 1978, as a young designer, she saw the first Louis Vuitton store to open in Japan and was fascinated by the image of French craftsmanship and art de vivre it projected – a luxury that seemed to her, at the time, unattainable. Three decades on, Rei Kawakubo wanted to revisit her impressions, and so the association between Comme des Garçons and Louis Vuitton was born. Intriguingly, Louis Vuitton is celebrating this year its 30th anniversary in Japan. Rei Kawakubo has dedicated and re-designed the entire Comme des Garcons store on Kottodori, Omotesando especially for Louis Vuitton for the duration of the project, from 4th September through mid-December, into a space that will be a celebration of the Louis Vuitton Monogram. The fruit of this unprecedented collaboration – an exclusive collection of six one-off bags – will be presented in a minimalist space, at the centre of which will be a display of historic Louis Vuitton trunks. Inspired by her memories, Rei Kawakubo chose the legendary Monogram canvas to create two Party bags, small evening purses with outsized natural leather handles. The designer also customized two classic Louis Vuitton bags, endowing the Papillon with kawaii (cute) animal charms and the Mini HL with multiple slender handles. Lastly, Louis Vuitton is reediting two iconic designs from the 1970s – the Petit Marceau and the Sac 2 Poches – which Rei Kawakubo is likely to have seen in the windows of that first Louis Vuitton store. The bags will only be available upon order, which is only to be placed at the “Louis Vuitton at Comme des Garçons store”. No telephone or Internet orders will be taken. In return, customers will receive a certificate inside a special card holder in Louis Vuitton’s traditional natural leather, embossed with the Louis Vuitton at Comme des Garçons signature. Only several months later will their bag be delivered to their chosen Louis Vuitton store. Other iconic Louis Vuitton Monogram bags, such as the Speedy and Alma chosen by Rei Kawakubo, will also be on display and available for immediate sale inside this special “Louis Vuitton at Comme des Garçons” store. Oh man, I think I may need the Papillon with animal charms and Mini HL with multiple slender handles! What do you think of this collaboration? More info and images after the jump…
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to be entirely honest, that was an anti-climax. most look more like some Frankenstein-ish creation.
Thanks so much for posting so much info on this collaboration! I wish I was able to get the mini sac, too bad internet and phone orders will not be accepted! the charms on the papillion are super cute too!
other than the first one with the cute charms the rest of the collection is so uncreative and kinda ugly IMO. i don’t even know how you’re getting to the zipper with the multi-handle one haha maybe one less handle would make it look less messy
I had higher expectations
I’m really disappointed.. I was really looking forward to this too…
what on EARTH is that mini HL doing with so many handles? it looks ridiculous.
that is SO ugly.
shame on LV for allowing this
yeah…it looked really uninspired and awful. Comes off looking like a fake…
The Papillion & the charms together are super cute! However, the Party Bags are a huge disappointment. I guess I’ll have to see them in person to fully hate them.
I was hoping for something super funky, but I guess wearability/usability has to drive the sales for those who aren’t buying it for the collabo. I do like the second and first, but wouldn’t buy it. Louis VUitton, or anything monogrammed and logoed out for that matter, aren’t my thing.
hi kathryn, thanks for leaving a comment..
yup i saw some post abt it… and i was really ‘mortified’ with the speedy.. (is it just me, or it looked like an alien?) BUT the bears looked cute.. and everything else looked like they cut some fabric and attached it to something i dont know.. like art subject in grade school?
what are ur personal thoughts abt it tho?
i personally think that MINI HL is very avant-garde, not everyone will like it but that’s Rei’s style. i already own a papillon but i like the animal charms on the bag so i may need to get it just for that haha but it all depends on how much it will cost. only the mini hl and papillion is worth the the time if anything, the others especially the party bags doesn’t look a bit appealing to me. i await to see how much they’re going to charge, you know its going to sell like hot cakes regardless of what people say or think just because it’s limited edition. haha!
Good lord, most of you are complete philistines. Rei Kawakubo is known for her avant garde creations. Her designs are MUCH more interesting than the gaudy ilk “created” by Pharrell Williams. Talk about uninsired–crowns, shields, and cherubs made of gold and encrusted with jewels.
Ooooo miss ck7. I am in complete agreement with you. Everyone here is just so common; it’s painful.
You’ve made very good points, all of them. Like when you brought up Pharrell Williams to show why Rei Kawakubo is “avante garde.” What you’ve said is so substantial and totally not a red herring. You know, like bringing up an issue so that it could distract from the real point. The real point is that the bags are “creation” and that they are NOT awful and alien-like.
It’s not like Pharrell has any credibility in the fashion industry. When Anna Wintour put him in Vogue in 2006, she told me she totally didn’t want to do it but it was the masses who were gonna eat it up. It was just for the numbers, every body knew it. And don’t even think for a minute it had anything to do with Pharrell being an artist in his own right. No way! And Marc Jacobs? Ick, he’s just the crass dummy who hired Pharrell. I mean, what does he really know about fashion anyway? Right ck7?
You know what? Why don’t you give me your email and we can start a blog together. Cause obviously the commoners here just don’t get it. Who do these commoners think they are anyway? Expressing their opinions? (Their WRONG opinions at that!) And we should call them philistines and disrespect them every time they don’t get things like Rei Kawakubo and “her avant garde creations.” Who else will set these commoners straight?
Oh oh oh, I think i have a name for our blog: smugb#tch3sthatthinktheyknoweverything.com. Do you like it? Our blog is gonna be wonderful and perfect and totally classy. Just like us!
I know we’re gonna be bestest bestest friends!
The handbags are very great! I like them vey much!
I think those bags they’ve made to celebrate the 30 years are actually very unique. The designs are nice and it’s a good way to mark the occasion.