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A new collaboration between Marc Jacobs’s Heaven and Heven by the multi-hyphenates Peter Dupont and Breanna Box takes the form of a one-of-a-kind bag—a circle of neon tube to which a satin pouch is tied with bows. It redefines not only the idea of a “glow up” but of the “halo effect” as well.
Glass is having something of a moment, thanks in no small part to the Swipe bags Dupont and Box created for Coperni’s fall 2022 show. (The pair got into glass blowing during the pandemic and were contacted by the French house by DM.) In May of last year, the experimental Dutch couturier Iris van Herpen teamed up with glass blower Bernd Weinmayer for her wet-look Dimensionism dress and the Chinese designer Susan Fang has also worked with this surprisingly versatile and resilient material.
As to why it has resonance now, Dupont says: “People I think are tired of fast fashion and the quickness of everything. When everything else is machine-made and spat out at a speed that nobody can follow, to have something that you can see that a human has made with their hands, and had fun making, I think glass is really good for that. And it’s a luxury material as well.”
The Halo bag, as it’s been named, is the result of a collaboration Heven forged with Heaven’s director of special projects Ava Nirui. Besides the amusing name play, Dupont sees the brands being aligned by vibe. The design of the hoop bag was informed by the duo’s study of Marc Jacobs’s past work, particularly pieces that were “over-the-top, oversized, playful.” One of the things about Jacobs that Dupont most identifies with is the designer’s joie de vivre. “I feel he is one of the people that still has a lot of fun in what he does.”
The Halo seems destined to turn heads: “It makes me laugh. It makes me smile. It makes people have a reaction—‘this lights up!’ It’s weird, you have an emotion,” says Dupont. Where Heven x Coperni’s Swipe bag was cool to the touch, the Halo is hot. Its neon tube handle is lit by a rechargeable lithium battery and heats up, making it more of a show piece than a functional piece of fashion. Which is why the pink wonder has been produced in one not-for-sale co-branded model for Heaven while Heven will be offering its own version for $7,500.
Slightly more affordable iterations of the Halo bag, featuring a glass, rather than a neon, hoop will be sold for $4,000 at Heven’s soon-to-open hybrid florist, ceramic, and glass shop on New York’s Lower East Side at 143 East 13th Street, where, we hear, there will be no pearly gates barring entry.
