Louis Vuitton x Fred de Garilhe concept

This is a big change from my post talking about the toy and USB-stylist, Friends with You, switching now from playful collectable USB’s to USB’s with a fashion statement. Sometimes we have secretive and important files we’d like to keep locked and this USB makes it possible to lock away files from people we’d like to keep away from. The addition of the clock makes it a more useful accessory to put on a keychain like most people do with their USB drives.

I’ve always loved when major designers or fashion brands open their minds to create more accessories for their line — partly because I can’t afford the other big items they have on sale.

Fred de Garilhe, a French professional luxury accessory designer, produced concepts for big brands such as Chanel, Kappa, Chloe and Le Coq Sportif. Aside from accessories, he also makes fashion and apparel, industrial design and exhibition design. His most recent and prominent concept was the Chanel Choco Phone that has been hitting all the high fashion to street fashion blogs. His designs are original and push the envelope for new ways for looking at technology. The curves in the USB make it distinctively unique from other straight sided USB drives. Even if we look at the Chanel phone, his ideas are unconventional and create something that geeks and girls can drool over. Continue reading »