Louis Vuitton’s Bizarre $39,000 Airplane Bag

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.

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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?

I Can’t Stop Looking At This $39,000 Louis Vuitton Airplane Bag

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I’ll be the first to admit that I do not understand high fashion, but I am absolutely perplexed by this $39,000 airplane-shaped bag that’s part of Louis Vuitton’s Fall/Winter men’s collection.

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A Vogue article goes into the intentions behind the collection, which purports to be designer Virgil Abloh’s positioning of two masculine stereotypes together for contrast—namely, the tourist vs. purist archetypes. Which I was not really aware of those being traditional masculine stereotypes, but I’m willing to roll with it. A lot of it positions Abloh’s varying experiences as a Black man in the arena of clothes, which is very cool.

Abloh explains the Tourist/Purist dichotomy as: “It’s my organizing principle for my point of view when I make things. 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.” His goal, then, is to transform everyday objects into wearable art.

Which I assume is where the airplane-shaped keepall bag comes in. It’s adorned with the traditional LV logo patterns, and it has an almost cartoonish shape that’s really adorable.

But for $39,000? The price of a brand new car? I simply cannot cope. It’s an item I’d be more likely to give my kiddo on a travel day than something I would unironically walk around with in an airport. I suppose if Abloh’s intentions are to change assumptions about archetypes, this… could…. be a way to do it?

It is simply beyond me. I’ve been relying upon my husband to impress upon me the importance of owning brand-name wallets and purses, and I finally caved and bought a Kate Spade wallet with a pink Cadillac on the front—which was already too expensive for me and just barely ticked over three numbers on the price tag. But a $39,000 bag?

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New Louis Vuitton Handbag Is Shaped Like An Airplane

Louis Vuitton bags are sighted everywhere you look these days. Some are sporting the real deal and some are rockin’ their knock-offs. You definitely have a large assortment of styles to choose from when it comes to Louis Vuitton but you better be prepared to dish out big bucks for one of those purses. LV just released photos of their newest handbag design and it’s quite unique to say the least. The new purse is shaped like an airplane. And it has the traditional LV logo patterns on it. Yes, an AIRPLANE. It’s described as Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2021 Airplane Bag by Virgil Abloh and it retails for $39,000.

A Vogue article explains the purpose of the collection by designer Virgil Abloh. The article explains that the designer is positioning two masculine stereotypes together for contrast. The tourist vs. purist archetypes. A lot of it positions Abloh’s varying experiences as a Black man in the arena of clothes. His goal is to transform everyday objects into wearable art. Wait, what? So, everyday objects into wearable art? So that means we could have shoes shaped like cars next? I don’t know about all this.

Abloh explains the contrast of Tourist/Purist as: “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.”

The bag looks like a toy. It wouldn’t surprise me if kids grab the purse and start playing with it since it looks like a big toy airplane. Talk about an expensive toy plane.

It should be available for purchase soon. I just can’t picture someone walking around with it being taken seriously.

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