You folks remember the MSCHF Global Supply Chain Telephone handbag? The strangely alluring bag with a telephone-like, asymmetrical silhouette and mismatched proportions could very well be the Frankenstein of bags. Well, it has grown to include a mini and a micro version, along with a card holder and a wallet.
In case you missed the essence of this creative product, here it is, straight from the horse’s mouth:
First, we asked a factory in Peru 🇵🇪 to knock off a Birkin bag. It looked like this: Prototype 1. Next, we told a factory in Portugal 🇵🇹 to mash it up with a Celine bag. They made this: Prototype 2. Then we had a factory in India 🇮🇳 combine it with a Dior bag. It came out like this: Prototype 3. Finally, we asked a factory in China 🇨🇳 to merge it with a Balenciaga bag. This was the end result: this bag.
As for the mini and micro bags, they look exactly like their regular-sized counterparts. The mini, which measures 21 cm by 20 cm by 15 cm, has a leather exterior with twill interior. It has a zippered front pocket, a back pocket, and an interior card pocket. It is supplied with a detachable shoulder strap. It is smaller than the OG but still spacious enough to swallow EDC like a phone, makeup, a wallet, and more.
Meanwhile, the micro goes to the extreme in size, measuring just 10 cm by 10 cm by 8 cm. In addition to the main compartment, it has just one micro back pocket. Its tiny size is only good for AirPods.
Both the mini and micro are available in white and black. The white version is particularly surreal with its black trims. It looks like a doodled object, like the Oppo doodle-style phone from a few years ago.
The card holder is a brand new product based on the GSCT surreal design. It also has a leather exterior and a twill interior and features a front card slot and a back card slot. No idea how many cards those two slots can accommodate, though. It measures 10 cm by 6 cm by 5 cm.
Last but not least is a GSCT-style bifold wallet, simply called Bi-Fold Wallet. Measuring 11 cm by 8 cm by 7 cm, and also featuring leather with a twill interior, the Bi-Fold Wallet includes two interior pockets on the left, four card slots on the right, and a single bill compartment.
The wallet and the micro both come with a carabiner for securing them to places like your bag or your belt loop, for example. You can also purchase the separately available multi-use chain, introduced with this new range, to carry them around.
At this point, I almost forgot that MSCHF is an art collective, not a fashion label, but man, these folks sure know a thing or two about fashion.
MSCHF is having a presale campaign now where you can pick up the new collection. The Mini commands a hefty US$520, while the Micro will set you back US$293. Not cheap for something that can only fit AirPods. As for the Card Holder and the Wallet, they sell for US$156 and US$208, respectively. The optional Multi-Use Chain costs US$72.
Images: MSCHF.
