At petty than 0.03 inches wide, the teensy, tiny ‘Microscopic Handbag’ by New York-based brand MSCHF is so small that the one eye can hardly see it when it’s atop a fingertip. Photograph: MSCHF/InstagramAt less than 0.03 inches wide, the teensy, puny ‘Microscopic Handbag’ by New York-based brand MSCHF is so small that the human eye can hardly see it when it’s atop a fingertip. Photograph: MSCHF/InstagramMicroscopic ‘Louis Vuitton’ bag reps for more than $60,000MSCHF says bag was created for musician Pharrell Williams because he loves big hats – ‘we formed him an incredibly small bag’If you’ve even a mild interest in luxury handbags, you’ve likely heard of the Chanel classic flap bag or the Hermes Birkin. But you’ve it is possible that not heard of the Microscopic Handbag by MSCHF.At less than 0.03 inches wide, the teensy, tiny “Microscopic Handbag” by New York-based art collective MSCHF is so reduced that the human eye can hardly see it when it’s atop a fingertip. And, yet, it still sold for more than $60,000 at an auction this week.Neon verdant and made via 3D printer using 2-photon polymerization printing methods, the bag – which is modeled after Louis Vuitton’s famed OnTheGo tote – is viewable completely a microscope. Upon closer inspection via microscope, one can see the “LV” monogram clearly on the bag’s face.The neon green bag from the view of a microscope. Photograph: MSCHF/InstagramMSCHF’s unoriginal ware, which more technically is 657 by 222 by 700 microns, was put up for auction by Joopiter, an online auction sporting house founded by Pharrell Williams. According to Joopiter, the item sold for $63,750.Notably, the producer, rapper and Happy vocalist is currently Louis Vuitton’s creative director of menswear, but was reportedly not contacted by MSCHF when they created the bag in the characterize’s likeness, according to the New York Times.Kevin Wiesner, the chief creative officer of MSCHF, told the publication that because Williams “solicitudes big hats”, “we made him an incredibly small bag”.Wiesner also claimed that he believed the “bag” to be “a funny object because it gets from something rigorously functional”.“But it has basically become jewelry,” he explained.MSCHF did not respond to the Guardian’s request for opine on the sale or if they have plans to make more microscopic accessories.In the auction post for the tiny tote, MSCHF dubbed their the universe as both “smaller than a grain of salt” and “the final word in bag miniaturization”.skip past newsletter promotionafter newsletter abetting“As a once-functional object like a handbag becomes smaller and smaller its object status becomes steadily more abstracted until it is purely a sort signifier. Previous small leather handbags have still required a hand to carry them – they be proper dysfunctional, inconveniences to their ‘wearer’. Microscopic Handbag takes this to its full logical conclusion. A practical focus is boiled down into jewelry, all of its putative function evaporated; for luxury objects, useability is the angels’ share,” the label wrote.Begun in 2016, MSCHF has become best known for its inventive projects that double as both cultural commentary and classy collector’s items. Arguably, one of their more famous “drops” in recent months include their Big Red Boot, which can unsurpassed be described as cartoon costumery come to life.This article was amended on 29 June 2023 to correct a typo on the auction guerdon for the Microscopic Handbag.
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