What's In My Handbag: Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama

I'm a huge fan of Louis Vuitton and especially their collaboration collections. I've shown you my piece from their Christian Louboutin collaboration and one of my handbags from the Yayoi Kusama collection, and on Monday I blogged about my other Yayoi Kusama handbag which I dubbed 'The Ladybird' for its delightful yellow polka-dotted body. Since my last What's In My Handbag post I've updated the contents of my purse with some lovely floral additions for Spring, so I thought I'd do another handbag post and introduce you properly to Ladybird.

The Ladybird sports (spots?) Yayoi Kusama's signature polka dot motif, which the 85-year old Japanese artist paints to calm her obsessive feelings and fear from her visual and auditory hallucinations caused by terrifying experiences. Kusama-sensei's dots and webs are a central feature of her work which expresses her feeling of revolving 'in the infinity of endless time and the absoluteness of space' and her view of herself as 'a dot lost among a million other dots'. She explains - "A polka-dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the energy of the whole world and our living life, and also the form of the moon, which is calm. Round, soft, colorful, senseless and unknowing. Polka dots become movement…Polka dots are a way to infinity.” Beauty born of madness, manifested in art which I have the privilege to adorn myself with thanks to the collaborative efforts of my favourite French luggage label.

Yayoi Kusama's art helps her confront and control her fears. In the same way that it gives her hope, her optimistic yellow with polka dot motif sums up the hopeful nature of Spring and it's promise of sunnier, longer days.

WHAT'S IN MY HANDBAG

Louis Vuitton Sarah wallet in 'magnolia' epi leather (gifted) 

H&M floral and striped notebooks, floral pencil case, and glasses case 

Dior note book (gifted), customised 

Burger & Lobster travel card holder

Chanel Smoking Kills' iPhone 6 case 

'CHANEL' iPad mini case 

Chanel face powder 

Burt's Bees tinted lip balm 

Avène Thermal spring water 

Crabtree & Evelyn 'Rosewater' hand cream 

Diptyque 34 Boulevard St. Germain fragrance 

While I love my Yayoi Kusama Neverfull for its versatility and ease, my Louboutin shopping tote for its audacious studs and bold signature red, of my three Louis Vuitton collaboration handbags the Ladybird is undoubtedly the statement bag thanks to its unmissable yellow and unabashed childlike polka dot pattern - it always draws curious looks and eyeballs from both fashionistas and children alike!

If you had to choose between these three Louis Vuitton collaboration handbags, which would you carry? The Yayoi Kusama Neverfull tote, the Christian Louboutin shopping tote, or The Ladybird? x

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