Saint Laurent LouLou

Published specification

Published size

23 x 17 x 9 cm

Category

bag

Materials

matelassé "Y" calfskin, lambskin, suede

Hardware

bronze-toned, oxidized nickel, black metal, gold

Season

permanent collection

Official style codes

not published yet

Published size references (checked against the pages listed below)

• web.archive.org
• web.archive.org

Values here are published references for the model. Anything we could not verify on an open page is left as “not published yet” on purpose — we do not fill gaps with guesses.

LouLou Small measurements in centimetres and inches

Saint Laurent publishes more than one width for this tier, so the rows below print both and state which product page each one came from. Everything else - the height and the 9 cm depth - is identical in both records, and the inch line is the same in both as well.

Width for this tier has been published two ways by the brand itself: 25 cm in 2021 and 23 cm in 2023, with the identical inch line, 9.8 x 6.6 x 3.5 in, printed on both pages. Our model record takes the 23 cm figure from the 2023 page and keeps the 2021 page as a second record, and our size guide lists both rows rather than choosing one silently. Height and depth do not move between the two, so the practical question - does a wallet sit flat beside a phone - has the same answer either way.

LouLou Small against the other LouLou tiers and lines

The LouLou name covers several lines with different depths, and the same tier word can describe bodies from 20 cm to 26 cm. The table prints the figures our size guide records, including the line names, because depth is what separates them.

Two traps sit in this table. The first is the tier word: a listing that says LouLou Small can describe a 20 cm Toy, a 23 or 25 cm classic body, a 24 cm 2025 body or a 26 cm suede version, so the measurements have to be asked for. The second is depth, which is the cleanest way to tell the lines apart - the classic Small is 9 cm deep, the 2025 Small is 6 cm, and the Puffer Small is 11 cm. Measuring the gusset alone will place a listing in the right line almost every time.

Dimensions in cm and inches

Saint Laurent published two different widths for the same Small tier two years apart, and both are printed here.

The LouLou Small is published at 25 x 17 x 9 cm on Saint Laurent’s 2021 product page and at 23 x 17 x 9 cm on the 2023 page for the same tier, which is 9.8 x 6.6 x 3.5 inches and 9 x 6.6 x 3.5 inches respectively. Height and depth are identical between the two; only the width moved, and the site prints both rather than picking one.

The wider ladder runs Toy 20 x 14 x 7.5 cm, Small 25 or 23 x 17 x 9 cm, Medium 32 x 22 x 12 cm and Large 38 x 27 x 14 cm, with a Puffer family alongside and a 2025 lambskin and suede line whose Small is published at 24 x 14 x 6 cm. The word Small therefore covers bodies from 20 to 26 cm depending on the line and the year, which is why the centimetres matter more than the tier word.

Inch values are the published centimetres converted at 2.54 cm per inch and rounded to one decimal, the same rule the guides use. Rows with no published figure say so.

How to recognise it in a photo

Diamond quilting on soft leather, a flap, a leather-interwoven chain and a centred metal YSL on the front.

Not this style when: Chevron quilting on a square flap is an Envelope.

The LouLou identification is about the quilting and the monogram; the tier is about depth and drop. The checklist below keeps those two questions separate on purpose.

1. An interlocking YSL monogram in metal at the centre of the flap, sitting inside the quilt lines rather than on a plain panel.
2. Quilt channels that meet the monogram in the Y pattern that gives the line its name; chevron and diamond quilt variants also appear across the range.
3. A soft, padded flap and body that gives slightly under its own weight, rather than a flat envelope panel.
4. A metal chain strap, which Saint Laurent records as doubling on the classic Small to give two different drops.
5. A magnetic snap under the flap, which is the closure across the range rather than a turn-lock or a push clasp.
6. Hardware tone as a scale reference: a bronze or gold-tone lock marks the centre of the flap, while a black-metal lock on black leather disappears and makes the bag read as an unbroken quilted rectangle.
7. A tape across the base and across the gusset: 9 cm deep is the classic Small, 6 cm the 2025 line and 11 cm the Puffer Small.
8. A frame of the bag worn from the shoulder with the chain at both lengths, since 30 cm doubled and 56 cm single sit very differently on the body.

What fits in a 9 cm deep LouLou

The classic Small is a padded bag, so its depth is usable rather than nominal. Our size guide records the interior arrangement and the load for this tier, and the note that matters is the item it stops at.

A phone, a cardholder, keys and a compact fit at the Small tier — but not a full-size wallet beside the phone, because the bag is 9 cm deep and the padded body takes up part of that depth. The built-in card slots in the Toy tier are not repeated at the Small, so cards live in the main compartment.

The 9 cm depth is what separates the LouLou from the flat Saint Laurent flaps: the Envelope Medium is published at 6 cm. That 3 cm is the difference between a wallet that has to stay slim and one that does not.

• A phone, a card holder, keys and a compact, which is the documented load for the classic Small in our guide.
• A wallet sitting flat, which the 9 cm depth allows: the guide notes that depth rather than width is what lets a wallet lie in place.
• Small items in the central zipped compartment and the slot pocket, which are the two interior features Saint Laurent publishes for this tier.
• A slim pouch, which is realistic at this size and would be tight in the 6 cm deep 2025 body.
• Not a full-size wallet beside the phone, which the guide marks as the point where the classic Small stops.
• Not a compact at the 2025 Small's 6 cm depth, which the guide lists as the practical difference between the two lines.
• Not a tablet or a notebook, at any tier below the classic Medium's 32 x 22 x 12 cm body.

The load notes follow the published interior description and capacity table in our Saint Laurent LouLou size guide and the dimensions on the archived brand pages, not an inside measurement of a specific bag. Treat them as an estimate for the size and confirm the depth of the piece with a tape photo across the gusset.

Capacity follows the tier table in this site’s LouLou guide, which lists the Small as a phone, cardholder, keys and compact carry.

How it compares with the next size up

The Toy below and the Classic Medium above are the published tiers either side of the Small.

Down a tier, the Toy at 20 x 14 x 7.5 cm is 5 cm narrower and 1.5 cm shallower and carries built-in card slots instead of a full compartment. Up a tier, the Classic Medium at 32 x 22 x 12 cm adds 7 cm of width and 3 cm of depth and is the first tier that takes a full wallet, a phone and a pouch together.

The 2025 line changes the shape rather than the ladder: its Small is published at 24 x 14 x 6 cm, which is 3 cm shallower than the classic Small and 1 cm wider than the 2023 figure. Anyone comparing a recent lambskin or suede LouLou with a classic quilted one is comparing two different bodies, not two years of one.

Compared values are the published outside measurements listed in the ladder table above.

Leather, quilting names, hardware tones and colour

Four things vary across the LouLou range and none of them changes a measurement: the leather and quilting pattern, the hardware tone, the line a piece belongs to, and the colour.

Leather and quilting

The classic line is matelasse "Y" calfskin, with the quilt channels running through the front monogram. Lambskin and suede appear on later lines, and the guide's rule of thumb is that depth and finish together tell you which line a bag belongs to: the classic bodies are the deep quilted ones, the 2025 bodies are noticeably thinner.

Hardware tones

The range has been issued in most of the house's metal tones, including bronze-toned on the classic Medium and Large, oxidized nickel on the 2021 Toy, black metal on the 2021 Small, matte black on the Puffer Small, brushed silver on the Puffer Medium, gold-tone on some Toy listings, silver-toned on one Medium page and aged gold on one resale Medium. Our guide records the whole spread rather than settling on a single tone per tier.

Colour

Colour is the least measurable variable and the one most affected by photography. Because the flap is quilted rather than plain, a deep tone hides the quilt detail and a pale tone exaggerates it, which is why two photos of the same tier can look like different bags.

Interior finish

Grosgrain lining across the classic tiers and both Puffers, with the interior layout published per tier: a zipped central compartment plus a slot pocket on the Small, and two main compartments separated by a zip pocket on the Medium.

Album reference

The Y-quilted piece photographed in our size guide carries album reference 770873: burgundy leather, chevron-style Y-quilt channels across the flap and the monogram in gold tone. That combination of quilting and monogram is what separates a LouLou from the flat, unquilted Kate.

Current catalog photos for this style

10 album photos in this batch, each labelled with the album reference (mark_code) you can quote in a message.

Each caption is the album reference for that piece, so a photo here can be matched back to the listing it came from. Nothing on these photos has been covered or altered.

Hardware, stitching, lining and interior, in photos

Five album photos of the LouLou Small that show the metal lettering, the quilting stitch lines, the lining and the inside of the flap, each with its album reference.

Every photo above is our own album photo of this model, taken from the listing reference printed under it. Nothing has been cropped, covered or enlarged: the file served here is a downsample of the original, and the original’s pixel size is printed so you can see that for yourself.

Where the figures on this page come from

This tier has been published two ways by the brand itself, so the width row carries both readings and the reason for each.

Width is the one figure the brand has published two ways for this tier. Both are printed here with the page each came from instead of one being chosen silently. None of these rows is a measurement taken by us on a physical unit.

LouLou Small questions buyers ask us

Model references to compare with the LouLou

These pages use the same published-specification format, so a size, a strap drop or a depth can be compared without leaving the site.

• Saint Laurent Envelope The flat envelope flap in the same house: a chevron front and a squared flap instead of a padded Y-quilt.
• Saint Laurent Lou Camera Bag The zipped camera-shaped body from the same brand, for buyers who want the leather but a different silhouette.
• Saint Laurent Jamie A soft quilted shoulder bag with a chain, the closest LouLou alternative in the current range.
• Chanel Classic Flap Medium 25.5 x 16 x 7.5 cm with a leather-woven chain, the classic comparison for a quilted flap at this scale.
• Celine Triomphe 22 x 16.5 x 7 cm: 2 cm shallower with a rigid flap and an adjustable leather strap.

Sources for every LouLou figure on this page

Every figure above comes from one of the records below. Each row states where the value is published on this site and the date it was last checked against that record.

External pages are read-only references for published measurements; they are not partners of this site and their figures are quoted, not endorsed. Where two records disagree, both numbers are printed above instead of one being averaged away.

Why this page is here

Album listings that match this model

4

Published references checked

2

Album photos on this page

10

The album count comes from titles in the current catalog batch that name this model (4 in the archive record, 4 in the latest recount). Photos are the record for each piece.