BOOK

Louis Vuitton city bags : a natural history

Kaufmann, Jean-Claude, author, Luna, Ian, author, Mèuller, Florence, 1957- author, Nishitani, Mariko, author, Pringle, Colombe, author, Sudjic, Deyan, author, Kawakubo, Rei, 1942- author, Kusama, Yayoi, 1929- interviewee, Murakami, Takashi, 1962- interviewee

2013

Overview

\"This volume is an unprecedented history of Louis Vuitton's women's bags, the most coveted line of accessories in women's fashion. At the heart of Louis Vuitton are its City Bags, a range of women's bags that dates back to the turn of the twentieth century. Featuring the trademark monograms of the house, the City Bag story began with the Steamer, a resort bag designed in 1901 to be packed inside a much larger steamer trunk. These bags have in a hundred years formally diversified into a dizzying array of handbags for every conceivable function demanded by the modern woman. Profoundly influential, City Bags are now known to millions by their descriptive names (Keepall, Bucket, Papillon, Alma, Locket, Noe, Speedy) and are still evolving into more fantastical forms. Lavishly illustrated with new and archival photography, historical graphics, landmark editorials, and ad campaigns, the volume traces the history of these specific bag families, and examines the earliest specimens and today's most sought-after collectibles, including Vuitton's collaborations with Takashi Murakami, Stephen Sprouse, Richard Prince, Yayoi Kusama, and Rei Kawakubo and one-off projects by Zaha Hadid, Shigeru Ban, Vivienne Westwood, Helmut Lang, Andrâee Putman, and of course, Marc Jacobs.\"--Amazon.com.

• Publisher: Rizzoli
• Subject: Louis Vuitton (Firm) History. / Louis Vuitton Moèet-Hennessy (Firm) History. / Louis Vuitton (Paris) / Louis Vuitton Malletier Paris. / Handbags Design History. / Luggage Design History. / Handbags Pictorial works. / Luggage Pictorial works. / Tasche. / Koffer. / Handtasche. / Accessoire.
• ISBN: 9780847840878, 0847840875

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
NK4890.H34 K38 2013	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE