JAKARTA - Louis Vuitton has again attracted the attention of the fashion world. This time, Louis Vuitton took out a bag that looked like a pile of garbage. This Louis Vuitton bag sold for IDR 2.4 billion. What makes it special for a bag that looks like this trash to sell at a fantastic price?
Louis Vuitton is always synonymous with very high prices. This brand is already widely known for its distinctive easy-to-recognizable designs. However, this Louis Vuitton bag surprised many people. Known as The Urban Satchel, a bag that is said to be like this pile of garbage has become the most expensive bag ever sold by LV.
This was revealed in Mr Luxury's YouTube show. The bag, which was released in 2008, was auctioned for IDR 2.4 billion and was eventually purchased by an art collector.
"This is the most expensive LV bag ever sold. It looks like a pile of garbage," he said, quoted by VOI from MR Luxury's YouTube page on Thursday, January 30.
According to the owner of the YouTube channel, this bag is a representation of urban life which is reflected in the garbage around us. The design depicts garbage that is often found on the streets, but all the design elements, from plastic food to cigarette butts, are made of real skin.
From the search for Adam Ridgway's YouTube channel, in the video, it explains that this bag is trying to describe the impact of waste in urban environments.
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"The bag is a reflection of urban life in the metropolitan city," said Adam.
"Article people talk about consumptive representations of society, causing piles of garbage," he added.
According to him, this bag describes the consumptive habits of society which lead to a buildup of garbage. Although this bag has a deep philosophical meaning, Adam admits that he is not interested in buying it.
"Even if I had the money, I wouldn't buy it. How could I buy a bag that looked like a pile of garbage?" he said.
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