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The Latest Tiny ‘It’ Bag Comes in a Material Other Than Leather
The classic Louis Vuitton Keepall comes in a fabric suited for cozy season.
Louis Vuitton’s XS Keepall.
Photographer: Naila Ruechel for Bloomberg Businessweek
More than ever, fashion designers are mining their house’s archives and reinventing iconic silhouettes, whether shrinking them into toylike versions of the originals or rendering them in eco-friendly fabrics. For Louis Vuitton’s fall collection, men’s artistic director Virgil Abloh did both: The Keepall XS ($2,950) is only 8.3 inches long and, instead of leather, it’s made of a fuzzy felt in a jacquard weave. The wool is recycled, the cotton is organic, and even the hardware, down to the flower-embossed rivets, is likewise crafted from recycled plastic.
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