In 2006, Longchamp teamed up with fashion’s favourite enfant terrible, Jeremy Scott, much to everyone’s shock and surprise. Every year since a special edition of the brand’s iconic Le Pilage has been created – here’s the latest…
The majority of fashion collaborations may be fleeting affairs, but few seem to be long-lived. As is the case between US designer Jeremy Scott and Longchamp, whose first joint creation dates back to 2006: a combination of French chic and extravagance, of sensible style jazzed up by energetic pop prints, which has by no means uttered its last words.
For the spring 2017 season, the ebullient designer did not veer off his creative philosophy, producing colourful, instantly recognisable graphic motifs. This year, the iconic ‘Le Pliage’ handbag is sporting rows of tricolour ice lollies – red, white and blue – in the shape of the Empire State Building. Available from all Longchamp points of sale from early December 2016.
‘Le Pliage’ is one of Longchamp’s most popular handbags. It has been revamped as a travel bag, preserving such essential features as the trapezoid shape and the leather material for which the label is renowned, with the addition of a printed motif designed by Jeremy Scott.
The 2016 edition, the «Long Distance Call» bag was inspired by a trip to space, in the depths of a mysterious universe where stars, planets and pink phones perfectly align, apparently!
