iPod trunk by Louis Vuitton for Karl Lagerfeld

November 25, 2008 | By Bianca Gubalke In Bianca Gubalke, Reviews |

Karl Lagerfeld’s custom Louis Vuitton iPod trunk

When writing how a Louis Vuitton Case is being made I had no idea what I would be discovering soon. . . although it reminds me of the times when I shot TV documentaries on Design Fairs in Germany in the early nineties, where the young Avantgarde was always my favorite… times when everything one needed was compressed into a minimum of space, more minimal even than minimalistic!

Forward 2008

Here now… the latest invention of La Maison Louis Vuitton! The creative genius with an explosive finger triggering the pulse of time. Truly… a case is not a case - but Louis Vuitton makes an exceptional case for everything!

Don’t get envious… when you see this special one-off show-off Travel Case to die for . . . a Louis Vuitton iPod trunk for Karl Lagerfeld . . . made of black Taiga leather with brass fittings and a red microfiber interior made to spec for the star designer of CHANEL, Karl Lagerfeld. Oh yes, and his red initials are engraved right below the trunk’s handle. Like in the good old days.

But that’s not all… as tech specialist Justin Yu from CNET put it in his humorous style (…by the way, when he’s not scouring eBay for useless ephemera or eating hot dogs for breakfast, he spends his time making fun of Internet culture… hint, hint … Fun Shopping ) :

"… The majestic travel case houses a smaller drawer inside that can hold 20 iPods at once along with chargers, headphones, Maltese Falcons, and other accessories in Karl’s mysterious cache. KL also instructed LV to cut him a compartment specifically for his precious JBL Creature iPod speakers and subwoofer combo.

Wait, back up…why does he have 20 iPods? And JBL Creature speakers? Are you kidding me?

Is there a spot in there for his Apple Newton and spare floppy disks, too?

Someone should probably escort Mr. Lagerfeld to the nearest external hard drive, it’ll blow his mind. After that, maybe a crash course on the progressive history of laptops and the current state of high fidelity speakers.

Actually, forget it; maybe he can just pay Louis Vuitton to build him a leather-wrapped time machine to transport him back to 2004."

If you want this ultimate ‘party-in-a-trunk’ and have the necessary financial launchpad for it… be prepared to wait up to eight months. Maximum.

And by the way…

Very affordable for ‘4 Minute’ hitmaker Madonna who is getting 10 million dollars for being the face of Louis Vuitton. . . following Jennifer Lopez, Uma Thurman and Scarlett Johansson.