Louis Vuitton Cerises/Cherry Collection 2025

[momtok]

I actually love the red leather trim! It distinguishes the line from the 00's line, and LV does red really well. The world is inundated with brown mono!

But I want to ask, what's the significance of the cherries in Murakami's work? I need to know why they have faces on them 🙂 when I try to seach online all I get are Cherry blossoms.

Good question. I'm genuinely curious if there's a specific answer to the cherry/blossoms significance. I do know about the flowers and what the smiling flowers represent, but was the extension to cherry blossoms and cherries simply coincidental? .......... I guess I just assumed that the cherry blossoms became a natural extension of the "flowers theme", because: 1) well they *are* flowers, and he has such a significant flower theme otherwise, and 2) the cherry blossom time and festivals are such a big celebration in Japan.

And then what do cherry blossoms produce but --- cherries! I guess I thought his flow was just flowers --> Japan's big flower celebration --> cherry blossoms! --> produce cherries. .........Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, the cherry blossom festivals are considered so quintessentially Japanese .... just like his claimed reason as to why the flowers are smiling in general. ....(Thinking. Maybe that's the answer.)

 

[bagsamplified]

With its irresistible charm and a sly provocativeness, Cherries shows Murakami to be an artist skilled at navigating the realm of the surreal. The traditionally sexual connotations of cherry fruit are undermined by the disarming, candy-coloured smiles of Murakami’s Cherries, offering a joyfully surreal encounter for viewers. In the midst of his deep dive into otaku culture during the mid-1990s, Murakami realised the greater relatable appeal and potential of kawaii, and thus re-oriented his art from confrontation to cuteness. He created a strange, imaginary world of iconic characters including Mr. DOB, Kaikai, Kiki and enchanted mushrooms, eyes, and flowers. He explained in an interview with the New York Times: “I found a system for what is a cute character,” and on a whiteboard at Kaikai Kiki he drew a circle with the top half blank and the bottom half containing two dots for eyes and a smiling mouth. “In the kawaiisystem, this scale is very important” (the artist quoted in Arthur Lubow, ‘The Murakami Method’, The New York Times, 3 April 2005, online).
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TL;DR He thinks the faces are cute

Thank you, I so appreciate this!!

 

[bagsamplified]

Good question. I'm genuinely curious if there's a specific answer to the cherry/blossoms significance. I do know about the flowers and what the smiling flowers represent, but was the extension to cherry blossoms and cherries simply coincidental? .......... I guess I just assumed that the cherry blossoms became a natural extension of the "flowers theme", because: 1) well they *are* flowers, and he has such a significant flower theme otherwise, and 2) the cherry blossom time and festivals are such a big celebration in Japan.

And then what do cherry blossoms produce but --- cherries! I guess I thought his flow was just flowers --> Japan's big flower celebration --> cherry blossoms! --> produce cherries. .........Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, the cherry blossom festivals are considered so quintessentially Japanese .... just like his claimed reason as to why the flowers are smiling in general. ....(Thinking. Maybe that's the answer.)

I was thinking along these lines, too! Will be fun to do more digging on the history.

 

[Grande Latte]

A Cerise Sac Plat (with wear) popped up on FP FYI.

LOUIS VUITTON Monogram Cerises Sac Plat | FASHIONPHILE

This is an authentic LOUIS VUITTON Monogram Cerises Sac Plat. This handbag is crafted with monogram-coated canvas overlaid with Murakami's cherry print and complemented by Vachetta leather trim and handles. It opens to a red canvas lining with patch pockets.

www.fashionphile.com

Yeah, but I am hoping for a smaller size with straps so it's not always handheld.

 

[momtok]

I was thinking along these lines, too! Will be fun to do more digging on the history.

I've still been thinking about it, and unless someone comes up with a unique significance for the the specific *cherry* blossoms and cherries, I think that will become my uneducated guess. .... Cherry blossom festivals (and by extension the cherries that come from those blossoms) are considered to be Japanese in origin --- just like the WWII nuclear bombings are a quintessentially Japanese experience. The other smiling flowers reference that trauma (that's not a guess, that's google-able, and comes from an interview he gave), so *my* guess is that Japanese cherry blossoms became a logical, uniquely Japanese extension.

I'm glad you asked the question, because now that I've thought about it, I never realized the link of both (the bombings, and the significance of cherry blossom festivals) being quintessentially Japanese experiences.

 

[Grande Latte]

I have already contacted my US CAs to let them know I'm interested in the cherry blossom and cerise collections. They will email me stock photos as soon as they get them.

 

[Logic]

The brown cherry nano alma is cute but wished that it was an alma bb which is more practical. They chose to have the white cherry in the almba bb.

 

[Jaydensmomma3]

After the MC chaos, I’m glad I don’t like anything cherry flavored … accessories included 😳😮‍💨I don’t think I’d be able to go another round

 

[Mapoon]

The brown cherry nano alma is cute but wished that it was an alma bb which is more practical. They chose to have the white cherry in the almba bb.

Totally agree! The white with cherries really reminds me of the Coach version that just launched recently

 

[octoberrrush]

Anyone have the high res images?

 

[octoberrrush]

A Cerise Sac Plat (with wear) popped up on FP FYI.

LOUIS VUITTON Monogram Cerises Sac Plat | FASHIONPHILE

This is an authentic LOUIS VUITTON Monogram Cerises Sac Plat. This handbag is crafted with monogram-coated canvas overlaid with Murakami's cherry print and complemented by Vachetta leather trim and handles. It opens to a red canvas lining with patch pockets.

www.fashionphile.com

It's sold now but I don't remember the sac plat having double cerises.

 

[Mapoon]

Anyone have the high res images?

I reckon these will surface prob in April...these images here are no high res and are being leaked.

The high res for Cherry Blossoms (Sakura) are not even out yet...prob next month...

Im sure some ppl already have it but they cannot post on social media...some ppl who has leaked these on instagram have already been taken off...

 

[octoberrrush]

I reckon these will surface prob in April...these images here are no high res and are being leaked.

The high res for Cherry Blossoms (Sakura) are not even out yet...prob next month...

Im sure some ppl already have it but they cannot post on social media...some ppl who has leaked these on instagram have already been taken off...

I really just wanna see what the OTG GM Crystal is all about. Don't tell me they ruined the OTG by adding crystals on the canvas...
If this is the collection then my bank account is safe LOL someone should go to jail for that white canvas cerise

 

[tjkcrs]

Would be really ironic of LV to forecast high demand for cherry blossoms and the cherries after the intensity of MC... only for both subsequent launches to fall flat because MC >>>>>

Personally I came back to LV for MC and after seeing the leaked photos for the remaining two collections, I'm pretty sure my wallet is safe since I don't like pink and red! But hopefully this means everyone who wants something from these upcoming lines will be able to shop to their heart's content.

 

[bagsamplified]

I've still been thinking about it, and unless someone comes up with a unique significance for the the specific *cherry* blossoms and cherries, I think that will become my uneducated guess. .... Cherry blossom festivals (and by extension the cherries that come from those blossoms) are considered to be Japanese in origin --- just like the WWII nuclear bombings are a quintessentially Japanese experience. The other smiling flowers reference that trauma (that's not a guess, that's google-able, and comes from an interview he gave), so *my* guess is that Japanese cherry blossoms became a logical, uniquely Japanese extension.

I'm glad you asked the question, because now that I've thought about it, I never realized the link of both (the bombings, and the significance of cherry blossom festivals) being quintessentially Japanese experiences.

I really appreciate being able to chat about these things, too. Just got back from Japan and saw parts of Murakami collection and popups, plus random exhibits of his artwork at non LV sites.

For an artist to make art that is a commentary on mass consumption, that is then mass consumed across the world.. love it!! Then with the original inspiration also including those deep cultural references to Otaku culture, nature, trauma, rebirth, and spirituality- i think it's fascinating! Don't know if I'll end up buying anything, but always love checking out the context behind the artists' pieces. Murakami's work is now reminding me of Sun Yitian, with her pop animals that nearly everyone on the forum seemed to disdain last year but the significance of her work has some striking parallels actually. And Park Seobo too, with his Paper works last year for the Men's Epi range. (I loved the animals, btw!)

Ok enough babble from me, but really happy to hear if there's more insight into all this I do enjoy the pieces more this way!