At Harrods, a pop-up celebrating 10 years of Loewe’s beloved Puzzle bag

The origami-like Puzzle bag, first launched by Jonathan Anderson as a part of his S/S 2015 menswear assortment for Loewe, stays maybe his most perennial design for the Spanish home, the place he held the function of inventive director for simply over a decade (he left the home in March of this yr; at this time, it was introduced he’ll head up each Dior’s males’s and womenswear collections in an unprecendented appointment).

Reimagined in a list of iterations – that includes every little thing from embellishment to artworks, and even Studio Ghibli illustrations – in addition to quite a few sizes, from the XL to the micro, it’s maybe Loewe’s most profitable export. Even after Anderson’s departure – he might be succeeded by Proenza Schouler’s Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, whose debut present might be held this September – count on the Puzzle bag to stay as a part of the Loewe roster.

10 years of the Loewe Puzzle bag at Harrods

Certainly, this month, the home reveals a vibrant new Harrods pop-up, which shows an array of Puzzle luggage – focussing on the extra arresting and outlandish iterations – in an exhibition-like pop-up which celebrates Anderson’s expansive inventive legacy (way over a trend model, underneath the Northern Irish designer Loewe grew to become a cultural behemoth, inaugurating an annual Loewe Craft Prize, holding displays at Salone Del Cellular, and collaborating with a roster of up to date artists on present units and objects).

The varied luggage on present are a part of the ‘Puzzle 10 Assortment’, which includes 19 re-editions, in addition to one new model of the bag. The latter is suitably celebrational: titled the ‘Confetti’, it incorporates a vibrant explosion of leather-based and metallic sequins, an indication of the superlative handcraft of the Loewe leatherwork atelier. Just like the 19 re-editions – which span an unique S/S 2015 bag in vivid hues of pink, variations adorned with clouds, parrots and taking part in playing cards, and collaborations with the estates of William Morris, Charles Rennie Waterproof coat and Joe Brainard – it comes with a commemorative plaque and two balloon-shaped charms.

Different re-editions are notable for his or her intriguing textural finishes: a ‘Kiwi’ bag from a 2021 Paula’s Ibiza assortment options undulating leather-based panels to recreate the tropical fruit in surreal fashion, a tartan wool jacquard model from A/W 2020 is left purposefully frayed at its edges, whereas a 2019 Puzzle that includes motifs by Arts & Crafts artist William De Morgan is embroidered to offer the looks of tapestry.

The Puzzle bag’s distinctive cuboid form and foldable construction have been designed by Anderson to recall the standard artwork of Japanese origami. ‘It was about deconstructing a standard bag to create a flat object with a tridimensional operate,’ he mentioned of the Puzzle on its launch. ‘I got down to discover a new means of constructing a bag, basically questioning its construction.’

Working till June 22 and impressed by Loewe’s textural, art-filled ‘Casa Loewe’ shops, the Harrods house sees the varied luggage displayed in velvet-lined cavities inside metallic partitions, designed to offer the looks of a jewel field. Elsewhere within the house, artisans will show the craft behind a few of the luggage, whereas six exterior home windows of the malls might be impressed by three of the artists who seem on the luggage – Ken Value, Joe Brainard and William Morris. Lastly, refreshments come courtesy of a particular noticed Loewe truck parked outdoors the shop, serving scorching and iced coffees, alongside particular Loewe ’Puzzle’ sweets.