Louis Vuitton Murakami

Louis Vuitton Murakami covers 306 pieces currently listed on JoliCloset, all from the collaboration Marc Jacobs launched with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami in 2003. The house's classic monogram was reworked in 33 colors on white or black canvas — the longest artist partnership Louis Vuitton has ever run, twelve years of production before it ended in 2015.

Cherry Blossom, Cherries, Panda: the lines behind the collaboration

The 2003 Monogram Multicolor launch quickly spun off variations that became collectible in their own right: Cherry Blossom the same year, Panda in 2004, the Cherries print in 2005, then Monogramouflage in 2008. Each edition dressed the house's core silhouettes — the Speedy, the Alma, the Neverfull and the Keepall — in the multicolor monogram. Louis Vuitton revived the partnership in 2025 for its 20th anniversary, releasing over 200 pieces including a Nano Speedy and an Alma BB, and bringing back the Panda motif that had grown hard to find secondhand.

Canvas care and vachetta leather: what to check before buying pre-owned

White Monogram Multicolor canvas was never built for daily hard wear — it picks up marks easily and can pick up color transfer from dark fabrics. The vachetta leather trim on handles and straps darkens naturally with use, a patina that reads as character rather than damage. On JoliCloset the pool runs from Speedy (20 pieces) and Zippy wallets (16) to Keepall (8), Alma (7) and Neverfull (6), plus Bucket (3) and small leather goods.

What a pre-owned Louis Vuitton Murakami piece costs

The average listed price across the collection on JoliCloset is €1,875, drawn from 306 live pieces and 72 completed sales to date. Scarcity works in a buyer's favor here: the line stopped production in 2015, and a large share of Multicolor stock — over 1,700 listings under Louis Vuitton — never even mentions Murakami's name in the title, despite carrying his print. The most chased pieces, like the Mini HL Speedy, have seen resale values climb sharply since the 2025 re-edition.

Authenticating a Murakami bag

The date code, stitched onto a leather tab inside the bag, pairs two letters with four digits for pieces made between 2007 and 2015, interleaving production week and year; bags from before 2006 follow a month/year pattern instead. The code alone never settles authenticity — our team also checks the precision of the color alignment across panels, stitching quality and hardware finish before a piece is listed.