Jean Paul Gaultier at the Barbican

Open today! We made a small range to accompany the exhibition, available at the Barbican shop. The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk is open until 25 August.

 

Spot the difference

Spot the difference...

Sequinned Disco bag, Manish Arora SS 2014
Market acetate bag, Jil Sander SS 2011
Artist Lauren DiCioccio's Tromphe L'Oeil embroidered organza shopping bags
Tesco Bag

This isn't the first time we've been intrigued by high fashion shopping bags. Read more here.

Jil Sander v. Practicality

For his last collection at Jil Sander, Raf Simons re-invented the classic American grocery bag. They look fantastic but their prohibitive expense and impracticality doesn't bear thinking about. 

Naturally, they are sold out.