In ordine: Party Bag (Big), Papillon with animal charms, Party Bag, Petit Marceau, Mini HL with multiple slender handles e Sac 2 Poches

"Kawakubo described her designs as ‘party’ bags, promising multi-handles or two handles morphing into one. All will use the Monogram toile, with the LV initials, and the offerings will hark back to the styles of 30 years when Vuitton made only bags and leather goods". 

Autore: Sonia Grispo
Foto: Philippe Jumin per Louis Vuitton
[via]

"The classic Brooks Brothers blazer get the Japanese treatment with a higher finishing and classic gold buttons with the Brooks Brothers logo."

ed invece avrei dovuto pensar subito alla mente visionaria di Rei Kawakubo, la stilista fondatrice del brand Comme des Garçons. La designer e la maison hanno infatti collaborato per realizzare questa curiosa Speedy, arricchita da una serie di quattro manici che, ammetto, mi lascia non poco perplessa, non solo per l'estetica, ma anche per la comodità. Ma se siete interessate all'acquisto di questa borsa, che qualcuno ha già definito "arte da indossare", dovrete recarvi a Tokyo, presso i temporary store che verranno inaugurati a Settembre, lì potrete prenotare una delle limited edition.

Eigentlich schon mehr Kunst als Gebrauchsgegenstand. Oder was meint die Mode-Gemeinde?

Foto: Louis Vuitton

WWD for Japan’s July 07 issue has a sneak preview of the highly anticipated Louis Vuitton x COMME des GARCONS collaboration. This collaboration has been announced as like party bags and seemed playing lots on the handles and using some bag design from Comm des Garcons series....(you know what i mean) we will see anything else is yet exciting....

(come on, where is the polka dots??? lets do that! please!)

This is something I happened upon as I was doing my daily surfing. It's the product of the Louis Vuitton x Comme des Garcons collaboration. The extra handles are unnecessary and excessive, in a non-luxurious way. Luxurious excessiveness would come in the form of a silk robe, or a smoker's jacket, or something you don't need but you can still use and simultaneously experience a sense of high (snobby) society when using it. I think the bag with the monogram already does that much. But there are enough handles to confuse which one to use. You could argue that it gives you more options when holding the bag, but forreal? How many handles does a normal car door have? Or a door itself? Or bags themselves? Usually, it's one, a result of time-test, tried and true, function. Also, the handles are positioned so that you can't carry it on your shoulder. Very sloppy right thurr.

For right now, it looks like they gave an artist some creative license to have his merry way with the bag. Oh well, consider it an extra thousand you don't have to spend.

You guys have probably seen this on Hypebeast, but I received an email from the good peoples at I.T with RSVP information that Hypebeast did not give away. The event begins July 16, can't wait to get some pictures for the opening. For the readers who are going to be out their for business, make sure you stop by and of course don't forget to rsvp which you can by giving them a buzz.

I retyped the info on the flyer for you guys, enjoy!

COMME des GARCONS Exhibition

July 16 - Sept. 30 2008, from 11am to 7pm, Closed on Mondays

I.T
Da Shan Zi 798 Art Zone
No.807, 706 North First Street, No.2 Jiu Xian Qiao Road, Chao Tang District, Beijing
RSVP: 88-15920766837 / Info: 86-10-8459-9496 

I took a vacation day today to make a skirt from this wonderful cotton. The chocolate and red stripes are woven into the fabric. The red dots are printed. I love it when conventional modes of introducing patterns into textiles are merged, or better yet, turned on their head. When I was in the Comme des Garçons shop on West 25th Street last week, the sales associate pointed me toward a darling pleaded shirt. The skirt was a polyester print based on a cotton or wool Guatemalan weaving pattern. When I pointed that out he told me that I was the first customizer to notice that. Don't you think that there should be a prize for that?

As for my skirt of red, white and chocolate, it looks like I will only have time to cut out the first piece; I just made the stupid mistake of checking my work email. I have just enough time to extinguish a small fire and get to my 2:30 hair appointment on time.

At about 5:00 PM I will step out onto Park Avenue with the amazing Jolanta's interpretation of the Princess Diana c. 1997. It looks fab on me, and, because I have dark hair, dose not register as a Dianado.

Left to right, Givenchy and Junya Watanabe; (AP).

Travel-friendly active-wear has been everywhere in Paris. Veronique Branquinho's road trip collection featured sweaters that could be packed into their own pocket; Kris Van Assche showed cool, multi-colored fanny-packs and swimsuits that folded upon themselves and could be toted around the neck; Junya Watanabe's voyagers carried old-school trunks and wore easy-to-pack, two-in one reversible blazers (the navy-gingham combos looked especially cool), as well as Eisenhower-inspired sports jackets made in collaboration with the British label Barracuta.

There's a new show to look forward to on the men's circuit. Riccardo Tisci, who has reinvigorated Givenchy's women's wear in the past few seasons, made his men's debut with a strong — if not particularly summery — collection that played with the masculine-feminine stereotypes that have been so prevalent this season. Tisci also went for totally monochromatic, head-to-toe looks (another important trend), mixing dark, tough leathers with see-through lace shirts and ombré tops. "I wanted a tougher, Latino-inspired look, but mixed up with the romance of what I do in women's wear," he said. Comme des Garçons' Rei Kawakubo also challenged gender stereotypes, layering billowy shorts, aprons and even ruffled skirts over tight jeans. It may not be exactly a runway-to-reality proposition, but it's this kind of statement that keeps people on their toes.

Read more coverage of spring 2008 men's fashion.

This is what I'm talking about, the top of the line French luxury brand and super fresh Japanese brand coming together as one this September. The re-designed three-month space in the Comme des Garcons store on Kottodori, Omostesando will be offering six one of one bags designed by Rei Kawakubo of CdG.

Kawakubo described her designs as ‘party’ bags, promising multi-handles or two handles morphing into one. All will use the Monogram toile, with the LV initials, and the offerings will hark back to the styles of 30 years when Vuitton made only bags and leather goods.

“It is impossible to overstate Rei Kawakubo’s influence on modern fashion,” Marc Jacobs said in a prepared statement, ‘I find it wonderful to think that 30 years ago, this immense talent, someone who has inspired so many others, was inspired by Louis Vuitton.”

Via: The Moment

Can't wait to explore France one day.

images: style.com

In an extraordinary collaboration, Louis Vuitton, the ultimate French luxury brand, and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, the ultimate fashion rebel, will open a joint Tokyo store in September — an ephemeral three-month space where six one-off bags, designed by Kawakubo in LV monogram pattern, can be ordered by shoppers.

Yves Carcelle, chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton, sitting front row at Kawakubos’ show on Friday, said that he was approached by Comme and considers the project a fine way to celebrate 30 years since Vuitton first opened in Tokyo.

Backstage, Kawakubo said that memory of her excitement at the arrival of Parisian luxury in Japan in 1978, resulted in this unlikely idea of the new design duo creating the store within the Comme des Garçons shop off Omotesando.

For Comme acolytes, this move will be considered either as sleeping with the enemy — or a brilliant and imaginative partnership.

Kawakubo has re-designed the entire Comme des Garçons store on Kottodori, Omotesando for the Vuitton project. Carcelle says that LV is investing in the store, and that any financial profits will be divided.

Although there have been many recent collaborations between ‘high’ and ‘low’ fashion, starting with Karl Lagerfeld’s mini collection for fast fashion store H & M, this meld is different, since it involves a beacon of individuality with a company at the heart of corporate luxury management, as part of the LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton) group.

Carcelle said that Marc Jacobs, artistic director of Louis Vuitton, admired Comme des Garçons and was an enthusiastic supporter of the idea of a joint venture.

“It is impossible to overstate Rei Kawakubo’s influence on modern fashion,” Jacobs said in a prepared statement, ‘I find it wonderful to think that 30 years ago, this immense talent, someone who has inspired so many others, was inspired by Louis Vuitton.”

Kawakubo described her designs as ‘party’ bags, promising multi-handles or two handles morphing into one. All will use the Monogram toile, with the LV initials, and the offerings will hark back to the styles of 30 years when Vuitton made only bags and leather goods.

info : The Moments

In an extraordinary collaboration, Louis Vuitton, the ultimate French luxury brand, and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, the ultimate fashion rebel, will open a joint Tokyo store in September — an ephemeral three-month space where six one-off bags, designed by Kawakubo in LV monogram pattern, can be ordered by shoppers.

Yves Carcelle, chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton, sitting front row at Kawakubos' show on Friday, said that he was approached by Comme and considers the project a fine way to celebrate 30 years since Vuitton first opened in Tokyo.

Backstage, Kawakubo said that memory of her excitement at the arrival of Parisian luxury in Japan in 1978, resulted in this unlikely idea of the new design duo creating the store within the Comme des Garçons shop off Omotesando.

For Comme acolytes, this move will be considered either as sleeping with the enemy — or a brilliant and imaginative partnership.

Kawakubo has re-designed the entire Comme des Garçons store on Kottodori, Omotesando for the Vuitton project. Carcelle says that LV is investing in the store, and that any financial profits will be divided.

Although there have been many recent collaborations between 'high' and 'low' fashion, starting with Karl Lagerfeld's mini collection for fast fashion store H & M, this meld is different, since it involves a beacon of individuality with a company at the heart of corporate luxury management, as part of the LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton) group.

Carcelle said that Marc Jacobs, artistic director of Louis Vuitton, admired Comme des Garçons and was an enthusiastic supporter of the idea of a joint venture.

"It is impossible to overstate Rei Kawakubo's influence on modern fashion," Jacobs said in a prepared statement, 'I find it wonderful to think that 30 years ago, this immense talent, someone who has inspired so many others, was inspired by Louis Vuitton.''

Kawakubo described her designs as 'party' bags, promising multi-handles or two handles morphing into one. All will use the Monogram toile, with the LV initials, and the offerings will hark back to the styles of 30 years when Vuitton made only bags and leather goods.

Suzy Menkes is fashion editor at the International Herald Tribune.

We broke the news a couple of weeks ago - the collaboration between Comme Des Garcons and Louis Vuitton. Thanks to Nitrolicious we can show you now the entire collection.

Check out the rest of the collection and story after the jump.

"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."

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Luois Vuitton is celebrating their 3oth anniversary in Japan. There had been news earlier this month of Rei Kawakubo of Comme Des Garcons collaborating with Louis Vuitton. She will be redesigning her Comme Des Garcons store in Kottodori, Omotesando for this occasion. Thanks to Nitrolicious you can now see the upcoming collection.

It has been so frenzied we were forced to call in The Princess Consort, disturbing his plans for the 'weekend.' And didn't he do a marvelous job on Preppy Khaki, not to mention his find of the "Kill a Prep" shirt for sale!

Regular readers know The Princess is not a fan of the majority of Louis Vuitton's offerings; something to do with a bad case of LogoPhobia that seems to ramp up when she's in close contact with some of their goods. That doesn't mean you shouldn't see all of the new things we do, allowing you to make your own informed purchasing decisions. For example the Murakami Monogramouflage Speedy 35 Bag Limited Edition. (Actually the first bag does not qualify as a 'new,' topic; P is a little slow on the trigger!)

Most of you won't be surprised to read it is not a handbag you will see draped over our wrist. (Or clutched in our hands either.) The fact it is the "Latest Creative Genius of Takashi Murakami and Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton" was not something we were aware of, but if one managed to take their AntiLogoPhobiac Attack meds, and overlook the mottled logos amid the mottled camouflage theme and simply look at its lines, they are classic. BTW, TP thought the Monogramouflage denim line was set to disappear the 13th, as in yesterday, but we still see it online, so if it's something you desire, we recommend moving rather rapidly to make the acquisition.

This brings us to the very unusual maneuvering by these same good folks regarding their celebration honoring the 30th Anniversary of Louis Vuitton’s presence in Japan. To mark that occasion the company is opening a 'pop-up', or temporary store in Tokyo from September 4th through December of this year.

That's not what is unusual, it seems everyone is adding the "Limited Edition Store" (our term) model to their marketing portfolio in addition to the proliferation of Limited Edition apparel, shoes, jewelry, accessories, vehicles, you-name-its, etc. What is interesting, at least here at PreppyPrincess intergalactic HQ, is the Collection of six bags can only be purchased at the special temporary store in Tokyo. One is shown above. We share two more just below, described as "party bags with oversized leather handles."

We think that ranks fairly high on the 'limited buying options' meter. No internet orders, no orders by telephone, that's it. You buy the bag at the pop-up store located inside Comme des Garçons, in Tokyo.

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.

That's from the snooze news release. So it would seem these are limited indeed, if not in number (which we're quite sure they are), but in point of purchase locations.

So you can buy posters of Japanese girls carrying LV bags.

Or you can buy a book, Louis Vuitton Japan: The Building Of Luxury for a very small investment.

But you can't buy these:

Or this.

Unless you (or one of the household or office staff) physically buy it in Tokyo. So if you need to make travel arrangements, a reminder on the dates for the temp-o-store: September 4th through December. Should you find the opportunities for purchasing the bags not to your liking, the best The Princess can suggest is contacting Louis Vuitton Grand-Pooh-Bah Marc Jacobs.

For an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at LV in France, Bag Snob is the place to be. Tina has outdone herself on this one, with photographs of the studio, the home and so much more. Click here to be transported to the fabulous post, Heritage and Tradition: The Legacy of Louis Vuitton.

Something that you *can* do and fairly easily: toddle on over to NBC's site if you are a fan of the television show Heroes, because you don't have to wait until Fall for new episodes of the megahit. NBC started streaming webisodes this morning on their site, just to tide you over! (Our thanks to BuzzSugar for this tip.)

And another sick collaboration!!!

Fans of French luxury brand Louis Vuitton and fashion rebel Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons can expect an extraordinary collaboration coming up. The two will open a joint Tokyo store in September that will last for a period of three months.

According to Yves Carcelle, chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton, the project will be a fine way to celebrate 30 years since the French brand first opened in Tokyo. Carcelle also added that Marc Jacobs, artistic director of Louis Vuitton, admired Comme des Garçons and was an enthusiastic supporter of the idea of a joint venture.

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Get more informations after the jump......

Two outstanding brands that we report about on a regular have decided to join forces later this year - Comme des Garcons and Louis Vuitton. After the announcement of the Comme des Garcons x H&M partnership, this is the second unexpected partnership by the Japanese brand this year.

"In an extraordinary collaboration, Louis Vuitton, the ultimate French luxury brand, and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, the ultimate fashion rebel, will open a joint Tokyo store in September — an ephemeral three-month space where six one-off bags, designed by Kawakubo in LV monogram pattern, can be ordered by shoppers.

Yves Carcelle, chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton, sitting front row at Kawakubos’ show on Friday, said that he was approached by Comme and considers the project a fine way to celebrate 30 years since Vuitton first opened in Tokyo.

For Comme acolytes, this move will be considered either as sleeping with the enemy — or a brilliant and imaginative partnership.

Kawakubo has re-designed the entire Comme des Garçons store on Kottodori, Omotesando for the Vuitton project. Carcelle says that LV is investing in the store, and that any financial profits will be divided.

Kawakubo described her designs as ‘party’ bags, promising multi-handles or two handles morphing into one. All will use the Monogram toile, with the LV initials, and the offerings will hark back to the styles of 30 years when Vuitton made only bags and leather goods." Via The Moment.

DKNY 2008 summer + my strokes

Today's fashion trend & style for men: Somebody said: "To see is to believe." Today you must see everything and believe in everything you do. Do it today, because today's fashion isn't about imaginary world, it's all about the real world with real colors. Shape them and transform in your way of living.  

Versace 2008 summer + my strokes

Inspiration for the day: Sometimes colors happen in the night. What happen? See everyting in Markus Lerner's installation Reactive Sparks:

Jil Sander 2008 summer + my strokes

Fashion trend & style of the day for men: 2+2=4. It's logic. Todays logic is simple: 2+2=X. What is “X”? It's a secret. Your secret. Keep it. Enjoy it. Because today's fashion is a secret. Don’t try to understand it, just feel it. 

Ralph Lauren 2008 summer + my strokes

Inspiration for the day: What's this? Jane Callister calls it "Chewy" (2006). I call it "Purple Status of Red." How you would call it?

Marni 2008 summer + my strokes

Fashion trend & style of the day for men: Elegance is the word of the day. Elegance.. Can you hear it? Can you feel it? Deep inside your soul, inside your brains, everywhere you look, you see it, don't you? The Elegance. Today the Elegance is you. 

Michael Kors 2008 summer + my strokes

Inspiration for the day: Andrew Grassie paints. Day after day he paints. He paints art - a process and an outcome of the art. He paints art galleries. Be inspired by his painting The Arts Gallery 2006 (2005).

PARIS: In an extraordinary collaboration, Louis Vuitton, the ultimate French luxury brand, and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons, the ultimate fashion rebel, will open a joint Tokyo store in September – an ephemeral three-month space where six one-off bags, designed by Kawakubo in the LV monogram pattern, can be ordered by shoppers. Yves Carcelle, chairman and chief executive of Louis Vuitton, sitting front row at Kawakubo's show on Friday, said that he was approached by Comme and considers the project a fine way to celebrate 30 years since Vuitton first opened in Tokyo.

Carcelle said that Marc Jacobs, artistic director of Louis Vuitton, admired Comme des Garcons and was an enthusiastic supporter of the idea of a joint venture. "It is impossible to overstate Rei Kawakubo's influence on modern fashion," Jacobs said in a prepared statement. "I find it wonderful to think that 30 years ago, this immense talent, someone who has inspired so many others, was inspired by Louis Vuitton." Kawakubo described her designs as "party" bags, promising multi-handles or two handles morphing into one. All will use the monogram toile, with the LV initials, and the offerings will hark back to the styles of 30 years when Vuitton made only bags and leather goods.

For Comme acolytes, the move will be considered either as sleeping with the enemy or as a brilliant and imaginative partnership. It could also be a riposte to Yohji Yamamoto's bag collaboration with Hermès last season. There was a touch of the spirit of that other Japanese fashion hero in Comme's men-in-skirts - crisp white cotton worn over narrow pants and under tailored jackets or shorter tunic dresses.

Meanwhile, Kawakubo disclosed that she's designed a red, pie-shaped shop concept that will house her Comme des Garçons for H&M collection in its entirety in 20 select locations, with smaller versions in a great number of doors come early November. She's also tapped photographer Peter Lindbergh for the campaign that will feature Missy Rayder, among others.

Read On

Giambattista Valli 2008 summer + my strokes

Fashion trend & style of the day for men: Let's go extreme in extreme ways & Let's be romantic in romantic ways (or) Let's go romantic in extreme ways & Let's be extreme in romantic ways. You choose.

Burberry Prorsum 2008 summer + my strokes

Inspiration for the day: What is the sound of today? Be inspired by 4'33" - a three-movement composition by American avant-garde composer John Cage.