Louis Vuitton today is a fashion giant. Some of its more recent designs, like the critically panned Urban Satchel, cost a hefty $150,000 and sits in the closets of singer/designer Victoria Beckham and Vogue's formidable editor Anna Wintour. While it is executed in leather, it looks like a collection of discarded rubbish (via Abouticles).
Another costly creation is a custom-made trunk made for Australian cricketer Michael Clarke. The trunk is made with oak and bound with Italian leather, and it features internal compartments that hold cricket gear, a few bottles of wine, artwork, and chess sets in place. Clarke paid a hefty $170,000 for his Vuitton, and it has said to have doubled in price since he commissioned it.
But the luxury fashion house's most expensive product is a teddy bear, which today is housed at the Teddy Bear Museum in Jeju, South Korea (via Extravaganzi). The bear was the product of a collaboration between Vuitton and German toy manufacturer Steiff. This one-of-a-kind bear's eyes are made of diamonds and sapphires and it wears a Louis Vuitton hat and coat with solid gold trim. If you want to lure it away from its original buyer, you have to be prepared to fork out at least $2.1 million, which is how much Jesse Kim paid for it when it went under the hammer in Monaco in 2000.
