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Louis Vuitton city bags : a natural history /

"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 tra...

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Main Authors: Kaufmann, Jean-Claude
Group Author: Luna, Ian; Müller, Florence, 1957; Nishitani, Mariko; Pringle, Colombe; Sudjic, Deyan; Kawakubo, Rei, 1942; Kusama, Yayoi, 1929; Murakami, Takashi, 1962
Published: Rizzoli International Publications,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: [2013]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Louis Vuitton Firm > History
Louis Vuitton Moët-Hennessy Firm > History
Louis Vuitton Paris
Louis Vuitton Malletier > Paris
Handbags > Design > History
Luggage > Design > History
Handbags > Pictorial works
Luggage > Pictorial works
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Summary: "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 influent
Item Description: Some pages are folded.
Carrier Form: 397 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
ISBN: 9780847840878 (cloth) :
0847840875
Index Number: NK4890
CLC: TS941.729-09
Call Number: TS941.729-09/K215
Contents: Part I. Genesis. In the beginning / essay by Florence Müller ; Common ancestors: the vanity, the alzer, the steamer & the keepall ; The heart of the self: the bag and personal identity / essay by Jean-Claude Kaufmann -- Part II. Families. Profiles / by Columbe Pringle ; Mutagenesis / essay by Ian Luna ; CdG x LV / by Rei Kawakubo ; A conversation with Takashi Murakami / with Mariko Nishitani ; Invasive species: Louis Vuitton in Japan / essay by Mariko Nishitani -- Part III. Codes. Honest error / essay by Deyan Sudjic ; Sites of manufacture, materials & processes ; Idiomatic expressions and

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