French luxury goods group Louis Vuitton enlisted the help of actress Cate Blanchett to open the doors to its first Australian Louis Vuitton Maison in Sydney. Open to the public from 3 December, the store will be the first in the region to offer personalised handbag manufacturing, or ‘Haute Maroquinerie’.

The luxurious Maison will also feature new creations by British artist Billie Achilleos, who the brand commissioned to design and make  three Australian sculptures from Louis Vuitton small leathergoods of a koala, a crocodile and a kangaroo.

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