Louis Vuitton treats the Nice Vanity Case's hardware as architecture, the finishing in keeping with the rest of the line's restraint. The brown colorway sits richly across the surface, finished in Monogram, the canvas Georges Vuitton introduced in 1896, a surface choice the house returns to for its working pieces. Set at about 5 by 7.5 by 5 inches, the scale reads thoughtfully calibrated, big enough for daily work and small enough to keep its line. It earns rotation rather than rest, the kind of bag that pairs as naturally with a slip dress as it does with a trench. It is the kind of piece that adjusts to a wardrobe rather than asking the wardrobe to adjust to it. From Maison de Beaubigonne's Last Call Vault, authenticated luxury available through the house's private channel.

Grade C - Very Good