This Crumb-Sized Mini Bag Got Auctioned For More Than Rs 50 lakhs

Mini bags have been a raging trend where celebrities showcase coin-sized bags. But this smaller than a grain of sea salt mini bag from MSCHF is smaller than you can imagine. You will need a microscope to see the bag. It is a very limited-edition microscopic handbag that is invisible to the naked eye and looks nothing more than a dust particle. What's even more fascinating is that this minuscule handbag measuring just 657 by 222 by 700 microns was sold for over $63,000 which comes to more than INR 50 lakhs. Bids for the same had started at $15,000.

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Barely visible to the human eye, the fluorescent yellowish-green bag is based on a popular Louis Vuitton design though it is the work of a New York art collective, not the luxury label itself, and comes with a microscope. The bag was made using two-photon polymerization, a manufacturing technology used to 3D-print micro-scale plastic parts, and came with a pre-mounted digital microscope so that its new owner will actually be able to appreciate the detail and comes with a microscope.

As per a report by a leading publication, the small bag is modelled after Louis Vuitton's monogram OnTheGo handbag but MSCHF reportedly did not get permission from the designer brand, so it's not an official collaboration.

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While sharing the collection on Instagram for the first time, MSCHF captioned the post as, "Microscopic Handbag by MSCHF for Pharrell's upcoming auction. Next week, our newest art piece will go on auction in Paris during fashion week. Smaller than a grain of sea salt and narrow enough to pass through the eye of a needle, this is a purse so small you'll need a microscope to see it. There are big handbags, normal handbags, and small handbags, but this is the final word in bag miniaturization. As a once-functional object like a handbag becomes smaller and smaller its object status becomes steadily more abstracted until it is purely a brand signifier."

MSCHF previously went viral for creating big, red rubber shoes back in February 2023.

We wonder what's coming next.

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