Purse made out of nothing but air and glass debuts at Paris Fashion Week — and it weighs as much as a light bulb
NY Post
This purse appeared on the runway — out of thin air.
Coperni stunned revelers at its Fall 2024 Paris Fashion Week show on Monday by debuting an innovative bag crafted from nothing but air.
The Paris-based fashion label — known for previously airbrushing a dress onto a nearly-nude Bella Hadid in the middle of the catwalk — partnered with NASA to create the Air Swipe bag, a blink-and-you-miss-it accessory with a translucent appearance.
With a composition of 99% air and 1% glass, the cutting-edge transparent purse weighs only 33 grams — which is just about the same as a standard lightbulb.
Coperni said the cloud-like handbag is the biggest ever object made from the space technology nanomaterial silica aerogel, which is the lightest solid on planet Earth and often used by NASA to capture stardust.
The brand developed the innovative accessory alongside Ioannis Michaloudis, a visual artist and researcher of silica aerogel at the American University of Cyprus. Designers told British Vogue it took 15 prototypes to come to fruition.
