A handbag that is so small it requires a microscope to be seen sold for over $63,000 at an auction on Wednesday. The Louis Vuitton-inspired neon-green miniature purse was created by Brooklyn-based …
The bag was auctioned with its own microscope and viewing screen.The sale was hosted by Joopiter — an online auction house founded by American musician and producer Pharrell William, who is also currently Louis Vuitton’s creative director of menswear,MSCHF’s chief creative officer Kevin Wiesner told the New York Times that the group never asked Louis Vuitton for permission, but noted Pharrell’s adoration for strangely-sized clothing.
“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,” MSCHF said. “Previous small leather handbags have still required a hand to carry them- they become dysfunctional, inconveniences to their “wearer.” Microscopic Handbag takes this to its full logical conclusion.
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