No.10 Louis Vuitton Slim Lambskin Gold Clutch

As an Academy Award-winning director and scripter, Sofia Coppola should never be doubted about her genius and charming. Even when she was crowned as the "Worst New Star" in the 1990 Golden Raspberry Awards for her stiff and affected performance in The Godfather III,we can still witness several shining points in her acting career. But when it comes to fashion, it turns to be a disaster.

The collection she worked with cooperation of fashion icon Louis Vuitton certainly stirred waves in luxury industry and acquired decent sales at the beginning. Then it faded away as expected within the flooding new products in the market. That's not surprised as Ms.Coppola has been boasting about her conception on practicability rather than style and beauty. Oh gosh, lady! This is the fashion world. We are not selling sandbag, we are promoting luxury.

Take this Slim Lambskin Gold clutch for example. I have to admit that it is so useful. It measures with 8.3" x 5.1" x 1.1" which is a suitable size to handle for any daily occasion. Ms. Coppola once stressed her ideal specification on bag in an interview,” It fits all your things but isn’t too big and isn’t too heavy”. I believe that she and LV designer must have spent a lot to choose a handy size. The clutch is made of a whole piece of delicate gold metallic lambskin. The shinning and eye-catching design will surely make you on the spotlight of a party or nightclub paired with a smoothing evening gown. With the dark brown lambskin and micro fiber lining, it features two components and three slots for cards inside. You won’t fall in trouble with crunching space and fragile inner lining. When Ms. Coppola said,” We went through a lot of prototypes but it was fun. It was always exciting to get a new one and I would try them out and add things.” she must have been extremely serious and spared no effort on extending endurance of her collection. That’s admirable.

However, Ms. Coppola went too far on functionality. The overall design of the bag is just another cliché from Louis Vuitton which has been an expert to revamp its classical designs with minimum alterations for years. The abundant femininity exuding from the Slim Lambskin Gold clutch is attractive for any females. Yes, women from 8 to 80 all can grab it. What could be worse when you own an exactly same bag as your mother, even grandmother? Furthermore, the color is a little bit lack of vitality as well as luxury. The mediocre choice will make both young and sophisticated fashion aficionados hard to enjoy it by heart. But maybe that’s is what Ms. Coppola was searching for, as she admitted “I wanted a bag that I could use every day that was coming from the heritage of Louis Vuitton’s great leather goods, not connected to the fashion side of the brand.”

That’s where the fashion train wreck began!

Love it or hate. Many celebrities from other different walks of life are jumping on the bandwagon of fashion. Some of them did fantastic job, such as Sara Jessica Parker. Some of them, unfortunately, just add another piece of trash on the market. Maybe thing will turn around and we can ignore those failures as Louis Vuitton Slim Lambskin Gold clutch.