David Heatherwick 2004 Zip leather Longchamp bag - Brown leather and Blue RARE

No signs of wear, would sell as new but no tags - quality control card still in pocket. Stylish Longchamp women's leather and canvas bag in brown and blue. Expandable tote shopper! Beautiful chocolate brown leather. Perfect for any occasion. Handle Drop: 8.5" Height: 4.75" Width: 13.5" Depth: 4.25" One such designer who challenged the brand's ability to produce was Heatherwick, whose 2004 Zip Bag was "very hard" to realise, Delafointaine recalls. A zip wound in horizontal concentric rings ran the length of the cowhide leather bag, allowing it to expand and contract like an accordion. Thomas Heatherwick's 2004 Longchamp Zipbag Delafontaine admitted that Thomas Heatherwick's 2004 Zip Bag was "very hard" to realise "It was really nearly like an architectural bag," Delafontaine explained, citing the malleability of leather as counterintuitive to Heatherwick's carefully engineered design. "And Thomas also has a very precise vision," she added. "So it was super hard, but we were very happy to be able to make it." Though now a rare find on resale sites, the bag that Heatherwick pitched and produced for Longchamp was the beginning of a long-running relationship, which saw the British designer commissioned to design the brand's global flagship store in Manhattan in 2006.