Name: Louis Vuitton City Bags: A Natural History
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Author: Florence Müller
ISBN: 9780847840878

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Louis Vuitton City Bags: A Natural History

Type

Physical Book

Author

Florence Müller

Publisher

Rizzoli Universe Int. Pub

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780847840878

Edition No.

Synopsis "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 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, Andrée Putman, and of course, Marc Jacobs. Louis Vuitton: City Bags is an ambitious volume on the creation and cultivation of a cultural phenomenon.

Florence Müller

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Florence Müller is a renowned fashion historian, curator, and French author, with a distinguished career at institutions such as the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the Denver Art Museum. She has curated more than 150 international exhibitions and published over 30 books on fashion history, including Inspiration Dior (2011). Her interdisciplinary approach combines art, design, and culture, establishing her as a key figure in the dissemination of fashion as a cultural phenomenon.

Among her most recent projects is the curation of the exhibition From the Heart to the Hands: Dolce & Gabbana (2024), presented at the Palazzo Reale in Milan and later at the Grand Palais in Paris. This exhibition celebrates Italian craftsmanship and the haute couture aesthetics of the brand, exploring themes such as opera, white baroque, and Sicilian traditions. The eponymous catalog, published by Rizzoli, captures this visual and conceptual journey. Müller has been awarded the Grand Prix du Livre de Mode from the University of Lyon three times, recognizing her contribution to the study and dissemination of fashion.

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