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Fine art that we could only admire in museums and art galleries is now within your grasp with Louis Vuitton’s Capucines collection.
The Capucines collection, which debuted in 2013, is named after Rue Neuve-des-Capucines, where Louis Vuitton opened its first store in Paris. This underscores the significance of the collection as the pride of the brand.
It’s limited edition Artycapucines collection brought together six celebrated artists in 2019 and 2020 to create 12 distinctive designs of landscapes, portraits and surreal concepts. The collaboration for this year is the third in the series and showcases the works of six artists: Huang Yuxing and Zeng Fanzhi from China, Gregor Hildebrandt from Germany, Donna Huanca from the U.S., Vik Muniz from Brazil and Paola Pivi from Italy.
Using handbags as their canvases, the six latest designs are a demonstration of the brand’s mastery in blending the beauty and creativity of artists with the ingenuity and absolute craftsmanship of the brand’s skilled artisans.
Each of the designs is limited to 200 pieces, now available in stores worldwide.
Zeng reinterpreted a Van Gogh self-portrait and brought it to life with more than 700,000 remarkably worked embroidery stitches, $11,400.
Huang created a beautifully embroidered and brilliantly coloured fantasy landscape, $11,400.
Pivi excelled with complex leather marquetry and rich gold-leaf gilding, $11,400.
Hildebrandt applied a stunning black-and-white design with screen-printed leather and LV signature inlaid with vinyl records, $11,400.
Huanca’s precise and powerful hand-painted embroidery and piercing rings adorn this bag, $11,400.
Muniz created a more playful design using trompe l’oeil, $11,400.
