Well, here’s the first glimpse of Sofia Coppola’s Louis Vuitton “SC” bag.

From a great article today from IHT:

“Coppola was inspired by a trip to Louis Vuitton’s original home in Asnières, on the outskirts of Paris. Working with the special order department, she took up the challenge of designing ‘the perfect bag that doesn’t exist.’”

“Coppola wanted a day bag that was “chic, discreet and lightweight and that isn’t enormous,” adding that “it is hard to find bag without a lot of hardware.” She opens the roomy bag (selling in the monogram version at €1,600, or about $2,190), showing how there is an open pocket enabling her to grab her telephone. The evening clutch (€800), with its pochette containing a mirror, is “a thing I wanted for myself.”

The article also says that they decided on calling the bag SC, partially because it was hard to find a name that wasn’t registered.  There was already a “Sofia” Marc Jacobs bag.

Anyway, excited to see it IRL and in monogram.  It looks big, and roomy- soft and versatile.  I like a nice big simple bag.

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(Benoit Louis Vuitton)

OK, stop staring. Yes, he’s a hottie. Let me introduce you to Benoit Louis Vuitton, the great-great-great Grandson of the Louis Vuitton.

(Left: Right: Photo by Jake Chessum NYTimes)

Apparently he’s not just a pretty face. (Although his is a great face isn’t it?- and he’s 6′2″ tall to boot!) Anyway, his father is Patrick Louis Vuitton (looks like they all get the middle name “Louis”), who is in charge of Louis Vuitton Special Orders Division. Benoit apparently spent the first seven years of his life “sheltered in Asnieres”- home of the first Louis Vuitton workshop.

After fighting the idea of working for the family business for years- he’s now in charge of the Special Order Watch division.

(Photo:  Style.com)

He’s And he’s single, ladies. (Sorry, my gay friends- it looks like this player in the fashion world is straight.) Here’s what he’s looking for in a woman (you can read the rest of the article in an old New York Times article):

”I want someone who is independent, smart and strong… But I love beautiful women, and I’m not going to lie to you and say that I want an ugly woman. I say this partly as a joke, but it’s also true: I know that I represent something and that my wife will have to represent something, so she will have to look good in Louis Vuitton.”

(Photo: Asia-Benefit.com)

“She will have to look good in Louis Vuitton.”  Well, I’m a happily married woman- but to all my single readers out there- that sounds like a challenge to me!

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