This Louis Vuitton Artsy Handbag comes from the LV 2010 Spring/Summer Ad Campaign featuring Lara Stone. I’m glad that LV finally gets a younger face and also a hot one with sophisticated charm far away from Mid-aged Madonna, who presented the last spring/summer collection of LV Handbags.

With understated elegance, a free spirited sophistication, this hobo-style tote features an exquisite handcrafted leather handle which gives this bag a refined appeal. Its absolutely the perfect bag for those who has carefree and effortless style.

Artsy features 6 patch pockets, a long zipped pocket, a D-ring for keys and pouches and a lovely bag charm that can be used inside as a key-hanger. The bag comes in two sizes, MM (18.1" x 12.6" x 9.4") and GM (19.7" x 14.1" x 9.8") and is available at Louis Vuitton stores for US$1400 and US$1630 for the MM and GM respectively. More Louis Vuitton Replica Handbags are on sale.

Asnières: The Workshop

Where do Louis  Vuitton Handbags come from? Although there are lots of factories producing Louis Vuitton Products around the world nowadays. We shouldn’t never ignore  Asnières, a workshop proximate to Paris . the only production facility for LV from 1959 to 1977. Yes, it’s literally the birthplace of Louis Vuitton.

The Asnières workshop was itself a response to burgeoning demand when, just four years after he founded his business, the spectacular success of his innovative flat trunk forced Louis Vuitton to look beyond his original workshop in central Paris. With considerable foresight, he decided to move produc- tion out of the city to Asnières. The quiet rural town was yet to be made famous by the Impressionists, but was strategically situated both on the banks of the Seine – the poplar wood for the trunks arrived by barge from the nearby Oise valley – and on the railway line to Paris Saint-Lazare.

Reflecting Louis Vuitton’s personal interest in all aspects of technological progress, the architecture of the workshop was inspired by the ground-breaking use of glass and metal then being pioneered by Victor Baltard and Gustave Eiffel. It maximized the supply of natural light to provide the best possible conditions for precision craftsmanship.

Though their working environment has since evolved beyond recognition, most of the tools and techniques used by the craftsmen at Asnières have changed little in the course of 150 years. Another aspect of continu- ity is the time-honoured practice by which the workshop’s master craftsmen train their apprentices in the skills they need, ensuring that Asnières’ proud tradition of savoir-faire is passed on from one genera- tion to the next.

Asnières: The Family Home

It was in 1878 that Louis Vuitton and his family settled permanently in Asnières, moving into a house they had built in the grounds of the workshop. Two years later, Louis Vuitton’s son Georges married and assumed greater responsibilities within the company. Following the death of his father in 1892, he moved into the family home which – sharing a keen interest in developments in transport, technology, art and architecture – he deco- rated, inspiring from the emerging Art Nouveau style.

The house was lovingly maintained by subsequent generations of Vuittons, and the reception rooms are still much as the last residents left them. In the living room, the eye is drawn by the brilliant blue ceramic fireplace, while around the walls, in delicate shades of cream, pink and green, Art Nouveau stuccowork creates an atmosphere that is at once joyful and serene. Light floods in through a bow window deco- rated with graceful stained glass floral motifs signed by artist Paul-Louis Janin and dated 1900. The garden thus seems to spill over into the house, preserv- ing a little haven of tranquillity alongside the busy activity of the workshop next door.

Asnières: The Travel Museum

The Travel Museum brings the history of Louis Vuitton vibrantly to life through some of its most celebrated and outstanding creations.
A private tour of the museum begins with sections devoted to travel by sea, air, rail and road, reflecting the fact that many of Louis Vuitton’s landmark designs – including the iconic Wardrobe trunk, Steamer bag and Keepall, all exhibited here – kept pace with the transportation revolution of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

To encompass the scope of Louis Vuitton’s savoir faire, another section is devoted to exploration, world exhi- bitions and exceptional special orders. The legend- ary trunk-bed and the bags created by leading fash- ion designers for the centenary of the Monogram canvas are among the pieces displayed here.
A separate part of the museum houses the private collection of Gaston-Louis Vuitton, the grandson of the founder, which encompasses around 200 travel articles dating as far back as the late 14th century.

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Inside the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, there was a luxury store operated by Louis Vuitton. Visitors were indeed snapping up the limited-edition leather goods, embellished with Mr. Murakami’s cartoon hands and Chibi Kinoko mushroom-shaped characters. And most people seemed to sense that they were witness to a marriage made in mercantile heaven.

The show, with its $960 handbags and $695 agendas for sale, created a flap even before its opening on Oct. 29. Art-world purists charge that it has eroded the line between culture and commerce. “It has turned the museum into a sort of upscale Macy’s,” the art critic Dave Hickey chided in an interview.

The first deluxe boutique to be integrated in a formal exhibition, the Murakami-Vuitton store is “a terrific example of not just the artist embracing commercial success but proactively going after it,” said Elizabeth Currid, the author of “The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art and Music Drive New York City”. In this kind of venture, everyone profits, Ms. Currid said. “You are creating a new kind of product, one that expands the economic horizons of all the parties involved.” More Louis Vuitton Monogram Multicolore Handbags are on sale at Top1handbag.net

Who don’t love panda and of course LV. Takashi Murakami stikes again in full force. After creating the Monogram Cerises line along with Marc Jacobs, his creative talent gave birth to the new Monogram Panda line of bags and accessories. Don’t be fooled, this series is not new. Murakami released limited editions of monogram bags with Pandas and other characters a few years ago. However, the limited eds were only available in Japan. The line then included a variety of bags featuring the Panda, including the round coin pouch, agenda, billfold, the vavin and others.

To me, the Panda looks a little freakish. Not to mention, it might be cute on a different backdrop, but on the classic monogram…? More than questionable. But as long as it sells and the Vuitton fanbase is not revolting, Murakami must be doing something right. As about only online store. More Louis Vuitton Accessories are on sale at Top1handbag.net