Taking from the movement and fluidity found in his fish motif, Frank Gehry has now teamed up with one of France’s most storied fashion houses for the design of a new fragrance bottle that was unveiled today.
As part of Louis Vuitton’s new Les Extraits Collection, the 92-year-old architect transformed the iconic bottle into a sculptural form that embodies the fragrance’s evocation of travel designed and developed by master perfumer Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud.
“This bottle is a fixed gesture,” Gehry said in a statement to Elle Decor, “a hydrodynamic line that recalls the undulating motion of fish, the spatial expression of that slow, continuous back and forth, the interplay of unstable equilibrium and gliding underwater, which have always been an architect’s obsession.”
Following the completion of the Fondation Louis Vuitton in 2014, Gehry has collaborated with the fashion giant on a number of exclusive products, including a handbag the same year, a flagship store in Seoul that opened in 2019, the fragrance bottles, and a travel case that is also part of the Les Extraits suite. Gehry has also collaborated with Tiffany & Co. on a jewelry collection and received some acclaim for his design of a hat worn by Lady Gaga for a performance the pop sensation gave at the LACMA in 2009.
Bottles retail for $530. Vanity Fair has a sit-down with Gehry in his new Los Angeles studio here.
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Bet the bottle leaks
Didn't we have an identical thread and discussion on FOG's commemorative booze bottle design?
Did he design the bottle or just the stopper, here? In the case of the Hennessy bottle the entire bottle had a Gehry vibe...
Not so much here...
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