Fashion God Jaden Smith Models Womenswear in New Louis Vuitton Ad Campaign
Our avant-garde Lord and Savior Jaden Smith has landed an ad campaign with Louis Vuitton that features him in women’s clothing.
Paris Fashion Week: High-Fashion Hot Topic at Louis Vuitton
Nicholas Ghesquiére said he was inspired by technology for his latest collection at Louis Vuitton, but the clothes themselves took us not to the future but to the early days of the internet, when AOL was still sending out trash-filler CD-Roms and Hot Topic hawked metal lunchbox purses with Emily the Strange sneering…
Goodbye Forever, 2000s: Louis Vuitton Cancels the Murakami Colorway
Perhaps you recall when Louis Vuitton released the Takashi Murakami Multicolore monogram collection in 2003, and fashion-minded women the world over freaked out? Yeah, well, Louis Vuitton is over that now, and will cease selling the colorway by the end of July. The oughties are officially deceased.
Rich People Now Think Designer Logo Bags Are Declassé
Remember the early 2000s, when a designer logo handbag was the ultimate status symbol, to the point that not-rich people were either saving paychecks to cop them and/or trawling Canal Street for the best knockoffs? That era is over. These days, rich people think the logo bag is gauche, and would prefer to floss their…
Louis Vuitton Sued for Racial Discrimination and Harassment
Louis Vuitton is joining the ranks of Barneys, Tiffany & Co., and Alexander McQueen after a employee launched a lawsuit against the company.
Rejoice: It's Nicolas Ghesquière's First Collection for Louis Vuitton
Last night in Paris, Nicolas Ghesquière showed his feverishly-anticipated first collection for Louis Vuitton. Ghesquière — the much-beloved, highly respected and often imitated designer who catapulted Balenciaga to renown before leavingthe label abruptly — is a legend; Louis Vuitton is a hugely influential empire. So…
Gargantuan Louis Vuitton Trunk in Red Square Insults Ghost of Lenin
In Moscow right now, an LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA installation sits in the middle of Red Square. It consists of a gargantuan faux-trunk, decorated with the traditional Louis Vuitton pattern. The trunk is so big, in fact, that it's bigger than Lenin's tomb. Uh oh.
Nicolas Ghesquière Is Taking Over at Louis Vuitton
As basically everyone predicted, Marc Jacobs will be succeeded at Louis Vuitton by Nicolas Ghesquière, who catapulted the fashion house Balenciaga into the realm of renown and acclaim during his 15-year tenure there — before departing suddenly and unexpectedly and sending the fashion world into paroxysms of grief…
Louis Vuitton Thinks Their Bags Aren't Expensive Enough
Even the brilliant minds behind Louis Vuitton are sick of their logo: their new purses much more subtle than the ones stamped with LV that they pumped out for years. Also of note: this new, sleeker look comes at a cost. As in, it will literally cost you more money than their bags did before.
Marc Jacobs' Final Show for Louis Vuitton Was a Thing of Dark Beauty
Right after presenting the spring 2014 Louis Vuitton collection in Paris earlier today, Marc Jacobs announced, that after 16 years with the brand, he was leaving LV.
Louis Vuitton, for Dolls and Molls Who Thinks the '20s and '30s are the Cat's Pajamas
A dame like you, a skirt who loves the giggle juice, needs somethin' to wear to the speakeasy, to the clip joints, where you can ogle the swells gettin' flim-flammed. But maybe you're a hot tomato going nowhere, just throwing a swinging wingding in your own boudoir. Marc Jacobs has made sure Louis Vuitton's gotcha…
Louis Vuitton, for the Pop-Art Loving Sixties Mod in You (and Your Plus One)
It seems like Marc Jacobs had fun with the Spring 2013 collection he presented for Louis Vuitton yesterday in Paris. There were giant escalators, bright colors, mod checkers and models walking two by two.
Karl Lagerfeld's Gold-Splattered Olympic Collection Debuts Tonight
Tonight is the night: Karl Lagerfeld will personally unveil his Olympic-themed collection at Selfridges in London. Although the items celebrate the games, don't expect any sporty Spandex or ventilated mesh. A preview of the items reveals a motorcycle jacket flecked with gold, skinny jeans splattered with gold, and…
Louis Vuitton Threatens To Sue Penn Law School Over Logo Parody
The University of Pennsylvania Law School became the focus of Louis Vuitton's lawyerly ire after a student group parodied the company's famous monogram print on poster art to advertise a symposium on trademark law. Instead of LVs and quatrefoils, those are little TMs and ©s. Clever right? And an obvious example of…
Sarah Jessica Parker Wants You to Know She's Wearing a Bra
PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 07: Jordi Constans, CEO of Louis Vuitton, Sarah Jessica Parker and Yves Carcelle attend the Louis Vuitton Ready-To-Wear Fall/Winter 2012 show as part of Paris Fashion Week at Cour Carree du Louvre on March 7, 2012 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
Angelina Jolie Is Wearing A Lot Of Makeup In Her "Makeup-Free" Louis Vuitton Ads
We were dubious before about Louis Vuitton's luxury flacks and their claims that Angelina Jolie was shot "without makeup" for their ads, but now that we've studied the associated video carefully — by which we mean that we watched it, and that we have eyes — we are left in no doubt. No doubt whatsoever. They simply…
Angelina Allegedly Paid $10 Million To Pose Makeup-Free
Angelina Jolie's Louis Vuitton ads have been released. The actress, shot by Annie Leibovitz, poses on a boat in Cambodia. Perhaps she is paddling towards another baby in need? Louis Vuitton's PR folks expect us to believe that Jolie was photographed "wearing her own clothes, no makeup and toting her own elegantly…
Are Knockoff Bags Helping To Sell The Real Thing?
Apparently, some people who buy counterfeit purses eventually migrate to buying the real thing. Here comes another round in the age-old "counterfeiting hurts sales" vs. "counterfeiting helps sales" argument.
Angelina To Receive $10 Million To Shill Handbags
Angelina Jolie is rumored to be the face of Louis Vuitton for fall. Her fee? "Close to $10 million." This is interesting because that piece of scuttlebutt from E! — a pretty reliable source for celebrity "news," all things considered — directly contradicts earlier scuttlebutt from The Fashion Spot — a pretty reliable…
Ladies, Tom Ford Would Do You Too
- Artist John Currin interviewed Tom Ford, and joked that sometimes innocent statements are "The small acorn that will grow into a great oak of a scandal later." Well! Ford then claimed, "I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist."
