Louis Vuitton releases $39K airplane-themed purse, prompting online ridicule

Louis Vuitton releases $39K airplane-themed purse, prompting online ridicule

Louis Vuitton raised a few eyebrows this week for one of the new items in its Fall-Winter 2021 collection by designer Virgil Abloh: a purse, shaped like a commercial airplane for the asking price of $39,000.

A photo of the expensive bag was posted on Twitter, showing the engine nacelles, wings to stabilizers, and a masculine monogram eclipse canvas.

Reactions have been mixed, with many online ridiculing what they perceived to the gaudiness of the product.

“You can buy an actual plane for far less,” wrote one Twitter user, posting a picture of a 1968 Cessna 150 single-engine plane with a reduced price of $32,300.

“Can it fly at least? No but what, is this serious?” wrote another Twitter user.

One person questioned whether someone would “feel like a dummy” carrying the bag, while another quipped that they were glad that “ridiculous” doesn’t kill.

The design by Abloh was one of several recently released products that he says were inspired by “tourist vs. purist” archetypes.

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“It’s my organizing principle for my point of view when I make things,” Abloh told Vogue in January. “A tourist is someone who’s eager to learn, who wants to see the Eiffel Tower when they come to Paris. The purist is the person who knows everything about everything.”

有錢人的時尚你不懂！LV飛機包破百萬 網批：不如買真飛機

國際中心 /徐詩詠報導 知名時尚品牌LOUIS VUITTON在上週發布今年秋冬系列的「飛機包」(Airplane Bag)，要價39000美元(大約台幣111萬)；消息釋出後，讓許多國外網友無情嘲諷「富人時尚品味堪憂」、「不如去買真飛機」；根據《每日郵報》報導，LV這次的2021秋冬男裝系列從預告到大秀均創意滿滿。其中，「飛機包」由LV男裝創意總監阿布洛(Virgil Abloh)操刀，使用招牌暗色帆布製作，從引擎、兩側機翼到尾翼等一應俱全，形同把整架飛機的重要元素轉移到包上，外觀和真實飛機如出一撤，大膽風格也掀起一股討論；

LV這次以飛機圖樣呼應品牌旅行基因貫穿大秀，此外還能從模特兒大衣、西裝外套的扣子等其他新品中，看見各式職業細節的元素，目的在於讓人們反思「想成為什麼樣的人？」的問題；並以一個生活在瑞士村莊中的非裔美國人為背景，發想出此次設計的主題。

但設計師的美意網友們似乎不太領情，紛紛留言開酸「這個價錢還不如買一架真飛機」、「到底有誰會帶著一架飛機到處亂晃」、「我用膠水將一些提把黏到玩具飛機後用一半的價格賣掉」、「再漂亮的女人提著這個包，我都馬上掉頭離開」，更有網友更拿該款包包的設計元素開玩笑，笑稱「機艙裡能找到我的護唇膏嗎？」。

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Louis Vuitton’s Bizarre $39,000 Airplane Bag

If you’re an avgeek and fashionista (those are often mutually exclusive, in my experience, and I’m looking at myself here) who has $39,000 burning a hole in your pocket, then the new Louis Vuitton airplane bag designed by Virgil Abloh is probably for you.

And nope, this isn’t an April Fools’ joke, as this is actually part of Louis Vuitton’s fall/winter 2021 collection.

https://twitter.com/saint/status/1378030033269313538

Price aside, I can’t decide if this is my favorite or least favorite bag ever. I mean, I love that Louis Vuitton is embracing aviation, but what is this monstrosity of an airplane?

What do OMAAT readers think?