The art of collecting exceptional bags

The art of collecting: between emotion, exclusivity and knowledge

Some collect classic cars, others watches – and sometimes more unexpected objects, such as egg cups or hotel soaps.
Everyone has their own dada, their own obsession, their own intimate language with objects.

Here, it is the exceptional bags – fifty-one to be precise – that become the terrain of a deep, almost sentimental attachment.
Each model is the fruit of a patient quest, nourished by emotion and a keen sense of detail.
These pieces tell the story of a passion for beauty, the singular and the mastered gesture.

Although collaborations between artists and luxury brands began in the early 2000s, it’s between 2022 and 2023 that they reach their full maturity.
A veritable golden age, when Louis Vuitton and Dior elevated leather goods to an art form, fusing artisanal virtuosity with contemporary creation.

At Louis Vuitton, recent drops by Yayoi Kusama and Takashi Murakami dialogue with exceptional pieces, such as the Capucines bag by Ewa Juszkiewicz or the Cotteville suitcase by Nigo, imagined during the Virgil Abloh era.
Not forgetting the Vivienne dolls, the house’s mischievous totems: mischievous and loyal, they watch over this coded universe where play and passion meet.

At Dior, the Lady Dior Art collection celebrates the encounter between craftsmen and artists.
Interpretations by the recently deceased Faith Ringgold or Minjung Kim are a reminder of how artistic intervention transforms the bag into a work of art in its own right – original textures, superimposed papers, graphic finishes: every technical challenge is brilliantly met by the ateliers.

These bags are not mere accessories.
When an artist takes them on, they become works of art – designed to provoke emotion, sometimes displayed like intimate sculptures, sometimes worn as personal manifestos of taste, daring and sensitivity.

While the collection focuses on the houses of Dior and Louis Vuitton, it also makes a few charming infidelities with Chanel and Fendi, including a Timeless Rainbow and a Baguette pailleté – considered to be the very first It Bag popularized by Sarah Jessica Parker in the Sex and the City series – two rare models, with their acidic hues and fully assumed whimsy.

In the great luxury houses, exclusivity is nurtured with art.
VICs(Very Important Clients) evolve in a hushed circle where attention becomes an art of living: access to models invisible in boutiques, personalized calls, invitations to private events, or even the supreme privilege of Haute Maroquinerie – the choice of skin, color and metal trim.
The result is unique pieces, such as the DiorBabe MI in ostrich, a bespoke creation embodying the quintessence of personal luxury.

And then comes the time of separation – a happy mourning.
Passing on means extending the gesture: offering each bag a new look, a new emotion, a new heart to move.

Through this selection, a philosophy of luxury takes shape: that of an assumed rarity, a sincere attachment and an ongoing dialogue between houses and collectors – orchestrated with the delicacy of an invisible art: that of attention.