Bag Collection. Nicolas Ghesquière presented his edgy and sexy collection at the Place Vendôme, instead of the usual Fondation Louis Vuitton during the final day of Paris Fashion Week. The most coveted accessory in the runway was the iPhone case version of the popular Petite Malle bag. The phone cover includes a key ring and was presented in different materials like Monogram Canvas, Monogram Reverse and Crocodile leather. Louis Vuitton introduces a new color for the Damier pattern, which now comes in all Black and Tan. A variety of bags were seen in the runway with rope like handles. The top handle and flap bags with a lock closure has a striking resemblance to the Luna Bag. Tote bags in different shapes, as well as rectangular clutch bags were also featured in the collection.
When Nicolas Ghesquière sent his first look down the runway for Louis Vuitton’s spring 2016 collection on the final day of Paris Fashion Week, the designer presented a brand new phone case that could very well rival the next “It” bag of the season.
The accessory is a tech-friendly version of Ghesquière’s Petite Malle, an “It”-worthy handbag that the designer created for his debut runway show for the French fashion house back in 2014. It’s a modernized and miniature version of Louis Vuitton’s signature travel trunks.
We reached out to the Louis Vuitton team for additional information and will update this post as we learn more. Though the brand’s current offerings of phone cases go for between $295 and $445, we have a feeling these new styles will ring in at a much higher price; prices for the Petite Malle bag usually start at $5,500.
Tech accessories present a huge opportunity for luxury brands, but even though we’re a zillion generations into the iPhone’s existence by now, none of the top-tier players have every gotten phone cases and accouterment exactly right. Brands tend to approach the pieces too rigidly, which means that most of the fun, quirky cases that consumers love are made by upstarts instead of luxury leather houses. With one of the pieces heavily featured on Louis Vuitton’s Spring 2017 runway, though, that might be about to change.
There were a lot of exciting new bags in the show, including some very pretty full-leather pieces that should appease the logo-averse among us, but the thing I want to touch the most in person is the new iPhone case, modeled after the popular Petite Malle clutch. It looks as luxurious and detailed as any phone case I’ve ever seen, right down to the clochette that acts has an earbud-wrangler. The piece found its way into several models’ hands, so I’m betting it (and hopefully a full line of equally luxe tech pieces) will be a big push for Vuitton come spring. Check out it and all the runway bags below!
[Photos via Vogue Runway]
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