New York: The bag is based on a Louis Vuitton bag that retails for $3,100 to $4,300. The ‘pinhole’ bag sells for $63,000 (just £50).
Up for auction online Wednesday is a fluorescent yellow-green accessory barely visible to the human eye.
This bag is based on the famous Louis Vuitton design and although it is not made by Louis Vuitton, it has a nice monogram.
The work of the New York Art Group.
The Brooklyn-based group MSCHF calls their miniature creation Microscopic Bags, saying the bags are “smaller than a grain of salt.”
CNN reports that the bag is only 657 by 222 by 700 microns (or less than 0.03 inches wide).
As an object that functions like a bag becomes smaller and smaller, the status of the object becomes abstract until it becomes a brand symbol.”
CNN reported that the bag was made using two-photon polymerization, a manufacturing technology used to 3D print micro-scale plastic parts.
The bag is sold with a microscope for its owner.
CNN reports that the full-sized mini bag is based on the French label OnTheGo’s entry, which costs between $3,100 and $4,300.
A statement published next to the bag auction list shows the fashion industry’s preference for small bags, which are “more abstract” and accessories “only a symbol of the brand”.
Practical things are boiled down to jewelry, all their functions evaporate; To be used for luxury is a lot of angels. “
The sale was conducted by Jupiter, the online auction house founded by rapper, producer, fashion mogul and most recently LV men’s creative director Pharrell Williams.
MSCHF chief creative officer Kevin Wiesner previously told The New York Times that the collective did not seek permission from the French label to use its logo or design.
Founded in 2016, MSCHF has made headlines with its often humorous artwork, known as “drops”, profiting from consumer capitalism. The group was defamed by Nike for its “Devil’s Shoes,” 666 pairs of modified Nike sneakers featuring satanic symbols and drops of real human blood.
