To mark the 160th anniversary of the house’s founding, Louis - TopicsExpress

To mark the 160th anniversary of the house’s founding, Louis Vuitton’s executive vice president Delphine Arnault, daughter of LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault, and artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière initiated a project, dubbed “Celebrating Monogram,” inviting six of the world’s design pioneers to interpret the LV monogram for a new series of bags. The six designers are Karl Lagerfeld, Cindy Sherman, Frank Gehry , Christian Louboutin, Rei Kawakubo and industrial and product designer Marc Newson, who recently accepted a position at Apple. According to BOF: “From Louboutin’s ‘Classic Caddy,’ accented with the same scarlet that adorns the soles of each pair of his shoes, to Rei Kawakubo’s ‘Bag With Holes,’ a burned out tote that reveals the bag’s inner lining, each creation is playfully distinguished by the unique signature of its creator.”