Do you remember reading that?

I mean, this one’s right on the heels of Louis Vuitton’s Rei Kawakubo/CDG collaboration, as well as the announcement of the mash-up they’re doing with shoes & Kanye West.

But it looks like Sofia Coppola will be their latest partner.  WWD is reporting that Louis Vuitton is working with Sofia on a line of shoes and bags.  Her stuff will launch in Japan, but will be available worldwide.

There’s no doubt that Marc Jacobs loves her.  She’s famously regarded as his muse.  I love this Marc Jacobs quote about her:

“She is young and sweet and beautiful… the epitome of this girl I fantasize of.”

We’ll see.

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So apparently, Marc Jacobs had “no creative input” into the LV X CDG “collaboration” (unlike his experience with Murakami/ Richard Prince, etc)… which he was totally fine with.

But what I found most interesting from the WWD article on the subject, was what MJ had to say about future collaborations.  It seems that he’s done with the whole collaboration after collaboration concept-(even if the suits on the fifth floor are gunning for it.  Loved his quote on slowing down:

“I’ve kind of warned everybody up there that I think they’ve gotten a little too into this idea which, I mean, is great, I’m glad that everybody gets behind it, but what they don’t realize is that I do it at a pace that maintains the brand’s integrity and seems really right, and I think that sometimes everybody loves a good idea so much that they kind of go too far and it kind of kills it.”

My mother always told me, “a good artist knows when to quit.”  Or in this case, maybe slow down?

I totally agree.  Collaborations are supposed to be fun, and suprising and new.  But too many too soon, just gets boring, monotonous and rushed.

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OK, I made this image back when the Comme des Garcons X Louis Vuitton collaboration was first announced… and just never found a good place to put it (not that it really relates here- but I just can’t help myself any longer!).  I still LOL whenever I think of it!  I mean, tell me this isn’t how the Pixar animators came up with one of my all time favorite characters ever, the fabulous matriarch of all things fashion, Ms. Edna Mode?  A little Rei Kawakubo… a little Edith Head… and vuala, Edna Mode!

Anyway, can’t get enough of the little love fest going on between Marc Jacobs and Rei in anticipation of the debut of the collaboration next Wednesday!

MJ on Rei:

“I admire and worship her and it’s the kind of thing that I think is so wonderful to do at Vuitton, where it’s such an iconic brand and that monogram and everything and, again, I’ve said all this before, but it’s so wonderful to have someone so outside of that thing take their look at it, their approach to it.”

Rei on Louis:

“Due to our clever coordination, I anticipate that the wall between us will disappear. . .  Funnily enough, I have never actually bought anything [at Vuitton], but I probably will buy a party bag next week. The best thing about such one-off events is the chance to arrive at something new from the meeting together of two different spirits.”

Can’t wait to see more!

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At least until they come out or I see someone interesting carrying on…  I was asked to post some unwatermarked pictures for Polyvore.  I’ve never used it before- but apparently I’ve got some blog readers who love it… (BTW- I’d love it if you’d send me a link when you’re done!)

OK.  So here they are.  Rei promised us two re-issues.

1.  We’ve got the LV X CDG Danube/ Petit Marceau- almost identical but slightly larger than the old PM.

2.  And the new LV X CDG Amazone… again, so similar to the vintage Amazone- the newer  Sac 2 Poches pictured in my last post.

I mean, check out the hardware!  The leather pull tabs look identical to vintage tags and the actual pull almost looks like an old Eclair pull…

She also said she’d do- Two Icons.

1.  The Spidified Mini Speedy HL.  Those handles are really thin.  The part that holds them to the hardware is only a couple stitches.  It looks to me, like you’d jut hold this by the top set of handles– if you were to actually use it (and not just keep it as a collectable).

2.  The Charmed Papillon 30.

I’d have to fight my daughters for the “charms”… (a bunny on the left, a teddy bear on the right- and a… Teletubby in the midde)

And finally- she said she’d create two original “party bags”… (original is debatable, since they look mighty familiar to me- but it makes sense that for a collaboration in in honor of the 30th anniversary of Louis Vuitton in Japan- Rei Kawakubo would reached heavily into the past 30 years at Louis Vuitton for her inspiration for all six of her designs).

1.  I like to call this one the Hybrid Looping/ Musette… cause it’s got a looping inspired strap and a narrow flapless musette body.

2.  And the hybrid Looping/ bigger Secret… cause it’s just a little bitty simple bag like the old Pochette Secret

Sure- they’ve all got a unique, CDG twist, but I actually really like the Re-issues and the Papillon.  Too bad they’ll only be available in the CDG X Louis Vuitton temporary boutique!

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I mean, let’s face it… she’s from the Karl Lagerfeld camp- and has been around, like forever!  So, it makes sense to me that Rei Kawakubo‘d have some nostalgia for some tried and true 1980’s vintage Louis Vuitton staples.  I’m seeing that a lot in her Comme De Garcon’s x Louis Vuitton collaboration pieces.

The Amazone- or revamp of the Sac 2 Poches pictured below, the Danube- the newer Petit Marceau, the Pochette Secret (and Mini Poche along with other bitty bags) along with the Pap 30 and Mini Speedy HL.  That’s what it looks like to me anyway… what do you think?

Here is the fruit of the collaboration:

And here’s a page out of a 1983 catalog:

What do you think?

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OK… so we’re all waiting for the (Rei Kawakubo) Comme des Garcons X Louis Vuitton collaboration, right?  Six bags.  Two based on re-issues… two based on icons, and two at Rei’s pleasure.

And then WWD Japan comes up with the little preview above.  And I’m just wondering about a few things.

#1.  The Speedy in the picture is the Mini Speedy, Sac HL.  It’s a small bag.  No, it’s a super tiny bag.  We once had one of these returned to us back in the day, because she thought it was small, not “miniature”.  Here’s a picture:

So I’m wondering how the heck all those straps work?  Do they move independent of each other?  Would they fit on a teeny, tiny, miniature Speedy?  I mean, there’s a possibility that the monogram canvas has been super-sized, in which case this is really a Speedy 25 with a huge monogram?  Does not look like it to me.

#2.  The Amazone and Papillon don’t look like they’ve changed at all.  OK, so the Pap has some super cute Teddy Bear charms dangling from the strap, but they look removeable, like key rings.  I don’t see anything variances between the Amazone above and Louis Vuitton’s vintage Amazone.  Here’s a picture (thanks to Jennifer for letting me us it!)

 #3.  The last bag looks like a skinny Louis Vuitton Musette Tango with a long Looping style strap.  Hmm… not feeling it.

So anyway, is it possible that the WWD pictures are hypothetical?   Like some inhouse graphic desigher’s photoshop fun illustrating the collaboration?  Or are these for sure, Rei’s designs?

I guess only time will tell!  What do you think?

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(Comme des Garcons)

Stop the freaking press! Louis Vuitton is collaborating with Comme des Garcons in a MAJOR way! Keep reading…

(Marc Jacobs on a Louis Vuitton Trunk)

(No, Marc isn’t wearing a Comme des Garcons tutu (from what I can tell) and that isn’t Part 1 of the collaboration… it’s an old Jean-Paul Goulde pic for Harper’s Bazaar.)

Louis Vuitton and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons will be opening a store JOINTLY in Japan this September for only three months! It will be a store within the Comme des Garcons shop in Tokyo. The entire Comme des Garcons store on Kottodori, Omotesando has been redesigned for the Vuitton project

During this time six super limited edition bags designed by Kawakubo with her inspired version of the traditional Louis Vuitton monogram will be available for order.  Kawakubo will design two new “party bags” along with revamps of two bags that were available when LV first entered Tokyo 30 years ago as well as CDG X LV mashups of two current monogram styles.

The collaboration is partly a celebration of the 30 year anniversary since Louis Vuitton opened in Tokyo.

Marc said of the collaboration and Kawakubo in particular,

“It is impossible to overstate Rei Kawakubo’s influence on modern fashion… 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.”

Can’t wait! Read the whole colorful story from Suzy Menkes at IHT!

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