Frank Gehry comes to colab again with Louis Vuitton to produce some artsy Capucines. The bags was presented at Art Basel, Miami. It has four major themes: Architecture and Form, Material Exploration, Animals and Twisted Box.
Capucines MM Concrete Pockets
Fusing Frank Gehry’s creativity with Louis Vuitton’s signature craftsmanship, the iconic Capucines bag is transformed into an architectural masterpiece. Evocative of the forms, textures, and tones of his visionary designs, such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the limited-edition creation is brought to life using a cutting-edge 3D printing technique.
Capucines BB Analog Bag
An homage to Frank Gehry’s design for the IAC Building in New York, the Capucines BB Analog Bag re-envisions the iconic bag into a graphic geometric sculpture. The angled facade is created using bespoke molds and adorned with screen-printed leather, in a demonstration of the Maison’s meticulous savoir-faire.
Capucines BB Shimmer Haze
In a playful blend of translucence and lustrous hues, the Capucines BB Shimmer Haze pays tribute to the kaleidoscopic facade of Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, tracing the process of its development from a transparent architectural model, designed by Frank Gehry.
Capucines Mini Puzzle
The reimagined Capucines Mini Puzzle reveals lambskin adorned with a hand-painted aquarelle print, creating a playful take on the Maison’s style codes. The delicately embroidered fabric pieces form a beguiling bouquet of interlocking petals, accented by an elongated silver-toned metal handle.
Capucines Mini Blossom
In homage to Frank Gehry’s Les Extraits perfume bottle cap designed for Louis Vuitton in 2021, the Capucines Mini Blossom mirrors his distinctive Murano glass floral creation. Revisited in giant resin petals, the intricate limited-edition design reveals a profusion of colors, accentuated by a hammered LV logo.
Capucines BB Croc
Inspired by Frank Gehry’s crocodile sculpture created for London restaurant Sexy Fish, the Capucines BB Croc features a sculptural brass handle in the shape of the reptile. The abstract neon-yellow digital print exterior is adorned with a two-tone resin LV logo, creating a striking contrast.
Capucines MM Floating Fish
Emulating the piscine light fixtures that Frank Gehry designed for the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris – the Capucines MM Floating Fish displays a luminous multi-colored fish that fuses 3D leather and Plexiglas marquetry to form textural scales, in an ode to freedom and lightness.
Bear With Us Clutch
Crafted from brass, this distinctive design transforms Frank Gehry’s life-sized sculpture Bear with Us from 2014, into a clutch bag. Blending creativity with innovation, the Maison’s historic savoir-faire is exemplified in the meticulous details and metalwork of this unique creation.
Black Twisted Box
In celebration of the Maison’s history, Frank Gehry’s 2014 Twisted Box design is reinvented in a sophisticated black leather variation, embossed with the iconic Monogram motif. Distinctively shaped, its angular form offers a sculptural effect with a lustrous brass clasp.
The original twisted box was a collaboration with Louis Vuitton to celebrate 100 years of LV’s infamous monogram. Good luck getting those as they are reportedly sold for around $18,000 to $20,000.
