Do you remember those ‘cartoonish’ red boots that made it to the top of fashion’s radar earlier this year? The company behind those viral boots, MSCHF, has just released another out-of-the-ordinary drop. This time, it’s a tiny handbag. Not much bigger than the size of a crumb….
We know tiny bags are in at the moment, but this unofficial remodel of a classic Louis Vuitton handbag takes it to microscopic levels, literally. The Microscopic Handbag (officially titled) is made out of photopolymer resin measured down to the micrometer, comparable to a speck of dust…
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The bag was modelled after Louis Vuitton’s classic monogram OnTheGO handbag but reportedly, no permissions were received by MSCHF by the French fashion brand so it’s not an official collaboration.
Instagram / @mschf
Before you knot yourself up wondering why anyone would consider sporting a crumb-sized handbag, MSCHF has angled the luxury ultra mini-bag as an art piece, and not a fashion staple.
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According to an article written by Vogue, MSCHF states:
“As a once-functional object like a handbag becomes smaller and smaller, its object status becomes steadily more abstracted until it is purely a brand signifier,”
“Previous small leather handbags have still required a hand to carry them—they become dysfunctional, inconveniences to their wearer.”
MSCHF conceptually highlights the extremes that some high-end consumers would go through to rock a brand name. Even when the purchase amounts to something as small as a speck of dust…
If that’s your thing, though – you could still buy the tiny handbag…
Instagram / @mschf
Jet off to 8 Avenue Matignon gallery in Paris between June 20-24 to see the bag on display to the public, sealed in a gel case and pre-mounted beneath a microscope. Or snatch the Microscopic Handbag on auction at Pharrell Williams’s auction house, Joopiter, on June 19 to June 27.
As ridiculous as it may sound, the tiny handbag is expected to fetch a tiny fortune for its value as a collectors item.
You’ve got to give credit where credit is due, though. MSCHF knows how to draw a crowd.
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Feature Image: Instagram / @mschf
