Luxury Bag Smaller Than Salt Grain "Satire on Luxury Goods Losing Practicality"

Mini Bag Visible Only Under a Microscope
"The Final Destination of Shrinking Bags"

A miniature handbag smaller than a grain of salt, thin enough to pass through the eye of a needle, has appeared. The luxury logo engraved on this handbag can barely be seen under a microscope.

The artist collective MSCHF in New York, USA, recently revealed the "microscope handbag" on their official SNS, measuring only 657㎛ (micrometers) in length, 222㎛ in height, and 700㎛ in width.

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Viewed under a microscope, this bag is bright fluorescent green with a transparent handle, and it features Louis Vuitton's monogram logo.

MSCHF stated, "There are large handbags, regular handbags, and small handbags, but this is the final destination of shrinking bags," adding, "Items that were once functional like handbags have become increasingly smaller and abstracted until they exist purely as brand trademarks." This was a critique of luxury brands releasing handbags too small to serve any storage function. It satirized luxury goods that have lost practicality and only emphasize the brand.

Kevin Wisener, MSCHF's Chief Creative Officer, said, "We removed all utility from the bag and left only the symbolism of the brand," adding, "This is the final destination of increasingly smaller handbag designs."

The bag was exhibited with a microscope at Paris Men's Fashion Week in France and is scheduled to be sold through the auction platform Jupiter.

MSCHF is an artist group founded in 2016 by Gabriel Whaley, a Korean-American mixed heritage individual. MSCHF is known for creating the "Atom Boots" worn by Shin Yong-jin, Vice Chairman of Shinsegae, and the "Satan Shoes" featuring the Nike logo infused with human blood. In the case of the Satan Shoes, Nike filed a trademark infringement lawsuit, resulting in the recall of all 666 pairs of shoes.

MSCHF also created the Louis Vuitton logo used on this "microscope handbag" without obtaining trademark permission. Kevin Wisener told American media such as The New York Times in an interview, "We tend to ask for forgiveness rather than permission."

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