Louis Vuitton scored one of fashion’s most wanted celebrity stylists, Caroline Sieber, to model and style their upgraded iconic bag: the Speedy. Launched in the 30’s as the “Express”, its name evoked the world’s new, faster means of travel, its shape reflected the era’s elegant fusion of form and function. From the start, the Speedy was the complete, quintessential city bag: roomy yet never bulky, feminine but not girly, sublimely understated and utterly sophisticated.
Today, the Speedy encapsulates Louis Vuitton’s unparalleled savoir-faire: the coated canvas, uniquely supple and durable, lightweight and waterproof, perfected over the course of a century and a half; the emblematic cowhide leather, rigorously selected and naturally tanned, which with time acquires a deep amber patina; the Toron handles – after the Latin for “small rope” – painstakingly hand-stitched and so comfortable to hold; the flawless details – the tiny brass padlock, the creasing, the red edge-dying – that all say Louis Vuitton.
