Maybe it was a special order?
The Beverly Hills store had a couple Rivera's that were special order and made out of Vernis.
Stunning I must say
^ There are some disagreements with that. Some people are saying it's not true.
to the OP, where was this picture taken?
Yeah I posted that link last night that another member posted from a catalog that showed that Japan DID in fact have some exclusive white Vernis pieces.
As for the bags in the picture, I believe they're the all vachetta ones.
This was posted by Scottie in the Vernis Reference thread:
"there were also a few limited items made in white vernis not sure of the year but think it was 1998 (?) of some in a japanese catalogue"
I added the all-vachetta ellipse picture to my previous post but here was the post from yesterday about the vernis pieces: