Louis Vuitton Petite Boite Chapeau Crocodile Leather

The Louis Vuitton Petite Boîte Chapeau in crocodile is the exotic-skin version of one of the brand's most charming modern bags. Introduced by Nicolas Ghesquière in 2018, the Boîte Chapeau is a small round shoulder bag shaped like a miniature version of Louis Vuitton's historic hat boxes, a nod to the trunk-and-travel heritage the house was built on. In crocodile it moves into a different tier entirely, since exotic skins are hand-selected and worked in tiny numbers.

The round body is topped with a short handle and carried on a chain-and-leather strap that adjusts and detaches, so it works on the shoulder, across the body, or held by the handle. It closes with the S-lock hardware, and the crocodile's natural scale pattern, glossy and symmetrical, is the whole appeal, it turns a compact, playful shape into a serious collector's piece. At around 17.5 by 16.5 cm it holds the essentials.

Because this is exotic crocodile, an endangered-species material, it is governed by CITES: cross-border shipping requires the relevant permits and documentation. At Konesseur, every Louis Vuitton is authenticated before listing, and a crocodile Boîte Chapeau is about as rare as the model gets. Browse more Louis Vuitton or the wider handbags range to compare.

• Model and material: Louis Vuitton Petite Boîte Chapeau, crocodile leather, round hat-box shape (about 17.5 x 16.5 x 7.5 cm)
• Design: short top handle, adjustable and removable chain-and-leather strap, S-lock closure
• Condition, authenticity and compliance: authenticated by Konesseur; exotic (CITES) crocodile, so international shipping is subject to CITES permits, confirm crocodile type, hardware colour, documentation and condition against the listing