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Miniaturization has been a 
 of engineers and designers for 
. The trend to manufacture ever smaller products and 
 has seen pocket-sized computers, mobile phones and motorbikes the 
 of a backpack. The latest thing to be downsized is a miniature handbag that is so small it can only be seen with the 
 of a microscope. The New York-based art 
 MSCHF has created a 
 Louis Vuitton-inspired handbag. The makers say their creation is "smaller than a 
 of sea salt and narrow enough to pass through the 
 of a needle". It measures 657 by 222 by 700 micrometres. It has also just been sold for $63,750 at an online 
.