The World's Most Expensive Handbag

Much discussion has erupted over the recent announcement of the $45,000 Loius Vuitton bag. Only two dozen were made, and despite the fact they look like something a lawnmower chewed up, all have quickly sold out. If you think paying $45,000 is outrageous, then get a load of this Loius Vuitton $150,000 Urban Satchel debuting for Spring 2008:

Made of the world's finest Italian leather, this one-of-a-kind luxury handbag is hand-crafted with carefully chosen "urban charms". The proud owner of this exclusive handbag will be able to flaunt her impeccable style and lavish taste to a world that can only dream about owning such a rare and precious possession. Medium: an old purse found in the back of my closet, rubber cement, various bits of trash found on the sidewalks of San Francisco.

Ashley Olsen has signed a multimillion dollar endorsement deal to advertise the $150,000 Urban Satchel in upcoming issues of Vogue. It's rumored the Olsen Twins are locked in heated battle over who gets to purchase the bag, while Anna Wintour and Victoria Beckham have started a nasty bidding war for it. Medium: Photoshop collage.

I hate to say it, but the $45,000 bag pictured above looks sooooo last season compared to the innovative design of the Urban Satchel.

Comments

[Adam Smith.]

This bag either presages the end of Western Civilisation, or documents the nervous breakdown of a designer.

Like all modern consumer items it is supposed to indicate something about the innate sensibilities of the person who owns it. In this case it demonstrates that the person sporting this fash-mag trash is a complete and utter fuckanoodle,acting as a giant warning signal to anybody with a modicum of intelligence,screaming, "stay away from the idiot". One could therefore argue that it performs an important social service. More should be made.

Fourteen took on the Herculean task of parodying something that could not be parodied and by and large succeeded. I'm not sure if it would go down well in the American market, but there are shops near where I live in London that would sell her bag, especially since it's handcrafted by an artist.
With the right spin, wealthy fuck-muppets will buy anything.

[Most Expensive Items]

Seriously, I wont buy that patch bag even if I can. That is so unbelievable. I had an updated list of the most expensive items ever.You might want to look at them. Thank you.

http://www.most-expensive-designer-brand-items.blogspot.com/

[Fingerella]

Jesus... I just missed Elizabeth's magnificent comment.

Elizabeth honey, did you happen to forgot your
80 cc brain somewhere before typing your comment?

[Fingerella]

Nice to see Lauren's comment here. Of course everybody needs to hear what a superficial individual like her would think about this satire.

[Rita]

See! That's the hottest bag of the season! I am sure we will start seeing some high school girls wearing one of those fake ones and hanging around in the mall! Damn it! I can't even afford the fake one!

[Elizabeth]

I think that the artist just put some garbage on a loui bag ta-da a 150,00 dollar bag...B.S.

[happybunny]

Oh dear god how perfect. They will buy anything with a couture label.

[Melanie]

That is an UGLY motherlovin' purse.

[Chansmom]

Whoa! You do realize that many will line up to buy your creation, don't you? A used syringe might be going over board, but think of the those that do go for the "heroin chic" look. Like, the Olsen twins? LOL!

Very nice!

[Cyclops Kitten Natividad]

What's really sad is that the same dumb bitches who buy this sort of ugly crap purse can't be bothered to plunk down $9.99 at Costco for a six pack of cotton undies.
And then they have to go find some paparazzi to take pictures of their naked cooches to prove it to us.

[tearose]

What the hell is wrong with people??? 150K for a bag is a house for a family. 45K a small condo...this just goes to show how truly material these people are. I bet you after a few wears it will be in the back of some girl's closet...so last season. I wander what they will come up with next. I agree I hope the proud owners are giving 2 x the amount to a needy charity.

[Jenn F.]

14, your bag is perfect... the shrimp tail and the dirty band-aid are definitely my favourite details.

I can't believe it ~ the "real" LV bag, how unbelievably fugly. I wouldn't pay ten bucks for it, and $1000 is laughable. Over forty grand? That's just stupid. For someone to spend forty five thousand dollars on a bag that's not even remotely attractive, they'd better be spending twenty times that amount on charities and/or environmental causes or the karma police are going to pop some nasty caps in their asses.

[Sarah]

Well, they have to do something with their money...

[SlumNobility]

Actually, I think your send up of this latest bit of ridiculous cultural ephemera is one of your cleverest yet....in the fact that the art world is every bit as pretentious and vapid as the celebrity scene, I'm sure you could parlay this idea into a gallery show...

[u58]

honestly i thought that bag was real, and i wanted it for a second...
lol.

[Jennifer]

they forgot to put a used condom or a tampon on there...maybe they are on the other side...

[Stephanie]

They did a study not to long ago about germs growing on handbags....This one needs to be tested stat!!! UGH!!! My purses are way cuter than that lol!

[pedro]

Lauren, DUUUUUHHHHHHHH
you miss the point the artist is trying to make.

[lauren]

it's spelled Louis Vuitton, NOT LOUIE

[Maybelline Jones]

I was waiting for someone besides me to make fun of this brokedown bag. What is wrong with people? Anything Louis Vuitton makes is absolutely grorgeous just because it has the name. How dumb.

[Angela]

This look like something I would find in a pile of trash in New York City with a bulimic person stuck to it

[YabaDabaDoo]

Is that a used tea bag beside the cig pack? Mm.. this inspires me to wear my evening gown.

[Demon Kitty]

Love that shrimp tail on there. I was looking to see if you stuck any used condoms on there, LOL! I mean if it is Urban and cutting edge, it has to have a rubber. We all know that people who can afford and own 45 thousand dollar handbags fuck like no one else on the planet. They have the kind of sex that us scum can only dream about.

[fanny pack]

The scrimp tail is what gets me.

[technotala]

i love the tully's coffee cup. looks like an assortment of things i see on the ground near the broken public restroom near the transbay terminal. klassy!

[angstmama]

I think anyone who doesn't have the urban satchel is beyond pathetic. I mean, c'mon!

[trilbynhiss]

That used band-aid really adds a touch of class... ah, if only I could afford that bag *sigh*