The sound you just heard is Marc Jacobs pissing himself laughing.
In case you needed proof that some people are bonkers and have too much money, the latest handbag from Marc Jacobs is that proof.
The Raindrop Besace bag is ‘inspired by’ a trashbag. The good news is that it’s waterproof which makes the pricetag of US$1960 totally worth it. And he’s totally laughing at everyone nuts enough to buy one and then carry it in public because it’s IRONIC.
According to fashion blog That’s A Fabulous Handbag:
I think my favourite part is that “It has a removable shoulder strap in case you want to actually carry it like a trash bag” because I totally do want to do that. Actually, I’m really relieved about this whole $2000 trashbag thing because the idiots fashionistas who bought Vivienne Westwood’s recent menswear collection ‘inspired by’ homeless people were really stumped about what bag to carry with their stained and threadbare clothes.
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I think it’s amusing and would probably buy one and use it for fun… If it were, say, $20. Not $2000. Eesh!
except that the piss was taken out of them before and then it… I just can’t be arsed, kzmet, and others… Lets just make sure the prime rib of micronesia gets saved!
Its that damn Hansel. He’s so hot right now!
I usually am, kzmet. LOL! Nah, Its been called Derelick my balls, Ballstein! before!
Just fug.
honoestly if it didn’t have an orange ribbon, maybe a black or silver shiny one instead, it wouldn’t look that bad and I’d get one.
For a $10 price tag though.
So Zoolander, Kris2040 is right – it is Derelicte! It shows that fashion people don’t even know when they are taking the piss out of someone, who took the piss out of them first.
The LV ‘think tank’ has sunk….they’ve brainstormed themselves silly and started to use up the rejected ideas…just cos they can…what a laugh
Isn’t fashion supposed to be forward thinking? Because I distinctly remember this stuff from around 9 years ago. The collection was called “Derelicte” and it was in the movie Zoolander.
i can’t , it makes me cringe…
Hahahahaha so my comment down yonder about Paris sporting one shortly was right?
You’ll have to knock 2 bucks off the price, mate – MJ was born in 16 years before me, 1958. Sorry. LOL!!!
I wonder that all the time with Zoolander! Especially considering some of them are IN IT!
So we can expect pics of Paris toting one any day then? LOL
Bahaha! We had our annual rugby and netball club pub crawl through Glebe on Saturday. We had a Derelicte theme – complete with Mugatu!
People actually wore stuff they got (at Vinnies/Salvos etc) for like $5, and carried and wore garbage bags!
just goes to prove if you put a designer label on any old piece of crap people will buy it
not worth danya…costs.
psych ward? no it’s been done, i remember straight jackets from god knows when …cemetary? mummies? zoo?
Hahahaha – or on special occasions, vanilla or lemon. When you want your trash to smell it’s best.
a fashion line inspired by periods – now that’s keeping it real! Dark bottoms, forgiving tops, dresses with built in chocolate and naprogesic. Any other ideas?
An LV mobile inspired by a sanitary pad? I’d like to see that.
we’ll soon see shady people selling imitations of this bag on the sidewalk…wait a sec…i’m gonna start acting shady, there’s a whole lot of profit to be made lol…
Well my husband is always too frightened to look in my handbag for fear of what garbage he’ll find…this is perfect!
At first glance I thought perhaps LV had followed Ungaro’s lead in hiring Lindsay Lohan to be their creative advisor. How else do you explain this decision to produce high fashion wearable rubbish bags? If you dont use the bag for a few days, does it begin to stink and grow mould, and if so, does that cost extra? Is the shopping trolley part of the same range, and when will the cardboard box, mental illness & depression line come out, because that would really go well with the bag – just to get the whole “homeless chic” feeling.
Just like alot of “high fashion”, this bag is ugly and ridiculous. I find it truly bizarre that the concept of being homeless, without consistent food and shelter, has now become the inspiration for a line of over-priced “must-have” accessories. But if we consumers go out and buy these items, then LV will be laughing all the way to the bank. How many of our co-citizens would purchase a handbag from target for $14.99 if it resembled a trash bag? But it’s Louis Vuitton, so it MUST be great. Congrats LV, time & money well spent NOT!!
Can’t wait to see what celebrities will be sporting this latest “fashion” (and I use that term loosely). Instead of being ‘You are what you eat’, it could now be ‘You are what you wear’ (??!!). I love fashion – but this is ridiculous!
I love it! It’s given me an idea! I’m going to get a bin liner and be a bit creative with it (because I am very creative) and turn it into a bag. I will get some letters for a logo and call it the G BUR bag (GREAT BIG UGLY RUBBISH BAG) and then donate the money to charity. In the US it would have to be called the G BUT Bag (GREAT BIG UGLY TRASH BAG). And $1960 for the price? Was that the year MJ was born? Oh it is all too much!
OMG I laughed so hard!
Perhaps this is just me. I actually find that shit insulting. Especially the “inspired by homeless people” thing. Far out. Some people have more money than brains.
Fashion darrrrrllling – it is just so freakin’ fabulously ridiculous, lol
and the fashion industry has just hit an all time low……………….
BANG!!!!!!!
i would only buy it if it had that lavender or spring apple scent…………
ooo I am so tempted to try…
When you have a real one, you can tell the difference….!!!!!
Can’t agree with you on this one!!! I have a couple of designer handbags, and I love them. To me they are like jewellery. (My husband doesn’t get either of these). I love them, I wear them every day and have done for YEARS. This represents good value! Timeless handbags are just that…. forever. However, I don’t believe in buying a current ‘fashion’ handbag which this blog is about. So, what is better, a $2,000 handbag that lasts for more than 10 years, or a $350 handbag that you might buy once or twice a year? (Not that you do, but perhaps others bloggers might).
I know!!
Are they are aware of the irony and actually posess a sense of humour, or they are just stupid and believe they’re being current and topical??
I know!!
I think it says something that they are (presumably) aware of the Zoolander movie and have gone ahead and used the same theme anyway. What it says is either they are aware of the irony and actually have a sense of humour, or they are incredibly stupid and genuinely believe they’re being current and topical??
I could totally save some of your readers some cash here Mia and do a DIY one for you guys? I have a few Glad Bags in the cupboard that’d definitely work …
Maybe he read The Road by Cormac McCarthy and is quite truly upset by what fashion will be had when there is no life left! He figures he needs to help people be prepared for an apocalypse. Very attuned to the zeitgeist Marcky Jacobs.
I get the whole ‘inspired by’ thing – that’s fine. However, this bag is plain-and-simple UGLY, and I don’t think it had to be!! I love Marc Jacobs (my avatar is a pair of MJ boots) but this is a truly hideous creation.
That’s in the evening clutch range, right?
When these designers watched “Zoolander” did they they view it as research material rather than a spoof about the fashion history…??
I think he needs to be drug tested again!
That bag is worth nearly 11 weeks worth of sickness allowance.
Just sayin’
One can only hope…
haha. That will be the additional perfume range…ewww.
Shh. Woolies will get the idea of charging $2k for their plastic bags (my bin liners!)
Maybe, JUST MAYBE, this is intended to be ironic?
I would like to have faith.
Does the council tell you which night to take it out?
This is one of the stupidest fucking things I have seen in a long time.
…And that about sums up my opinion.
I think it’s ridiculous. I use only Gladware Disposable Containers.
I don’t really understand it either Aneets but I think it’s all about wanting to fit in.
Mr T calls it the ‘deep litter filing system’…!
wouldn’t it be nice if it went to people who actually NEED the money like um, the homeless?
As a man, I just do not get why ANY handbag is worth $2k. Sure, this garbage bag look is ridiculous, but so is spending that kind of coin on any handbag. What the hell happened to priorities, like paying off a mortgage early so you can re-invest for the future, or even just being debt free? No wonder charities are finding it so hard to raise enough funds these days, people are too busy spending thousands on trash like this.
hahaha, I reckon the ad for them will have that little voice that speaks really fast at the end saying “bin juice and banana peels not included”!
If only it were to be to the true homeless who have inspired the style!
If only it were to be the true homeless who have inspired the style!
Does icky bin juice come out the bottom when it’s too full?
Ha! Is the matching coin purse a dog poo bag?
you know, it’s not so stupid.
Do you think Marc Jacobs is having a really serious moment when he designed this? no, but chances are he knew that it was different which is what a lot of people want. Especially people with the cash that can afford this bag. They want something inspired… and yes, if it so happens to be by a garbage bag then that will be for them.
Often, and not always , but often at this level people just want a point of difference in their look or what they carry and for that to still have the ‘weight’ of designer attached to it, hence the big label announcing not so subtly ‘look how much I paid for my bag – it’s a new Marc Jacobs’. These bags are sort after. I’m not saying I agree.
As for the price – this is what people that follow Marc Jacobs and the likes pay for their wardrobes. Seriously. It’s no biggie for them.
Marc Jacobs is a very creative and talented designer – he knows his clients, he pushes the boundaries. It may not me for you or for me but its’ dfferent and he’s no idiot to know what is making him money and a name for creative talent.
So it should be quite easy for counterfeiters to make a fake version….
Big smile from me to start the day…well said!
Things that you can buy with US $1960 ($2,265 AUD): return flights to New York and a week’s accommodation, 3-seat leather sofa, 6 months’ rent, 5524 Glad Tuff Stuff Drawstring bags (extra wide).
Or one insanely stupid handbag.
hahaha! lmao
Are they just taking the piss out of themselves now? Who needs satire like Zoolander when they’re actually going there?
It’s ok. If the wife wants one then we can pick one up on the street stalls of Bangkok later this year. That’s where we bought her other Louis Vuitton gear.
I don’t understand those people who blindly follow fashion trends.
I love clothes and shopping but have always chosen things that flatter me and make me feel good about myself. For example it will be a cold day in hell before I wear something as awful as leggings as they look awful on me.
As far as bags go, I love a nice one as much as the next person, but this one looks like something the Project Runway people had to make for one of their challenges.
Why are people such sheep?
Talk about ridiculous! The only people who will get these bags are a) celebrities (who get them for free) to be photographed at events and get to keep it and b) flaunt them because of the brand. I’m taking orders now for customers who wants to keep it real. My costs for bag is AUD10.00 + postage for that you get a genuine Coles or substitute coloured rubbish bin bag (it might be blue, black or green), as well as a handle made out of recycle materials and a we’re keeping it real logo on the front. If it doesn’t cost me AUD10.00 to make the bag the monies leftover will go to Charity. Who seriously thinks these bags are to die for? I don’t and in all honesty I’d rather make my own and keep it real!
Just don’t tell Glad – they’ll think they can charge $2K for their bin liners!
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Its a bin liner. with the LV logo and a strap. It probably cost about $10 to make. I wonder where that extra $1899 is going?
I’m just waiting for the first time one of those is mistaken for an actual trash bag, & used as one. Because that would be awesome.
How utterly sad and bonkers. TRULY…the humans that fall for this would have to have the same ones falling for the current OBSESSION with the latest emporers-new-clothes foodie madness that is “molecular” or “de-constructed” food!
Insane. Actually I may have a use for one of those bags they may help me deal with an ongoing problem I have with PILES!
http://franklyfeisty.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-have-piles.html
This has been done before by a local brand: http://www.threethousand.com.au/goods/tv-trash-bags/
Seen ‘in person’ these bags look fabulous. I guess it’s a matter of taste (or distaste!)
Can anyone say Derelicte?
The idea of the bag is quite cool but the label ruins it. If Oxfam made this bag out of recycled materials and charged something under $100, I would buy it, it’s groovy.
Not for $1900 though- pardon the pun- it is garbage.
Pulling out their hair in desperation to come up with a new design, a big fashion house has come up with a handbag that is quite literally, complete rubbish. This is not news, just a new season (insert summer, fall, winter, spring where necessary).
I love handbags…like ROOOLEY love them, but this is just…rubbish.
If anyone buys this bag, it’s proof that they simply have no taste of their own, and just follow fashion for the sake of it.
Be your own person, people!
I wouldn’t pay a cent over $1500
Good point Emily!
Helen-I wish I was that confident!
Any MM reader willing to get an actual trashbag and carry it about for a day as handbag and let us know the responses?
Funny, when it costs $2k it’s ironic. When it’s a gladbag it’s trash.
Fashion is about constantly pushing boundaries and coming up with new ideas. I wonder what’s next!
You know what’s so funny? Ben Stiller had a go at the fashion industry in Zoolander with the Derelicte line. And that was years ago.
And now they’re doing it. How embarrassing for them.
PS someone should tell those silly ladies who buy those raindrop trash bags or whatever that they could go down to Woolies and get a pack of ten Glad Tough Stuff bags for like five bucks.
Also tell them that garbage bags are for garbage, not for carrying around in public.