Louis Vuitton City Bags: A Natural History

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Item specifics

Condition
Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
Personalize
No
Literary Movement
Naturalism
Era
2020s
Signed
No
Ex Libris
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Personalized
No
Inscribed
No
Vintage
No
ISBN
9780847840878
Category

About this product

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0847840875
ISBN-13
9780847840878
eBay Product ID (ePID)
166448843

Product Key Features

Book Title
Louis Vuitton City Bags: a Natural History
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Fashion & Accessories, General, Fashion & Style
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Art, Self-Help
Author
Mariko Nishitani, Colombe Pringle, Ian Luna, Florence Müller, Jean-Claude Kaufmann
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
89.4 Oz
Item Length
12.5 in
Item Width
9.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-944527
Reviews
"The volume...takes the sociology of fashion seriously, tracing the development of Vuitton's trademark bags through "a system mimicking the scientific classification of plants and animals",...interviews with Vuitton collaborating artists, vintage paparazzi shots, and fun packing lists round out the book." ~ Vogue, "The volume...takes the sociology of fashion seriously, tracing the development of Vuitton's trademark bags through "a system mimicking the scientific classification of plants and animals",...interviews with Vuitton collaborating artists, vintage paparazzi shots, and fun packing lists round out the book." ~ Vogue "City Bags combines a unique, appealing approach to almost a scientific play on iconic shapes. The first comprehensive taxonomy of Louis Vuitton's City Bags, a range of women's handbags that date back to turn of the 20th century." ~Trouvaillesdujour blog
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
391.44
Synopsis
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, Andr e Putman, and of course, Marc Jacobs. Louis Vuitton: City Bags is an ambitious volume on the creation and cultivation of a cultural phenomenon., At the heart of Louis Vuitton, arguably the most recognisable luxury brand in the world, are its city bags, a range of women's bags that date back to the turn of the 20th century. This book looks at the history of these bags, the most successful line of accessories in women's fashion.
LC Classification Number
TT667

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