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  • July 2008

    • Fashion, Politics Unlikely Mix

      W  |  Jul 8, 08 2:57 PM CDT

      Fashion, Politics Unlikely Mix

      (Newser) - Move over, Hollywood—these days, fashion designers are dying to get their wares on a new kind of celebrity: politicians. The last time Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy visited London, Dior issued no fewer than five press releases on their outfits, and Louis Vuitton has even hired Mikhail Gorbachev as a model. But not everyone thinks the trend is chic, reports W in a look at political stars. More »

  • June 2008

    • Luxe Knockoffs Cost eBay $63M

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 30, 08 4:48 PM CDT

      Luxe Knockoffs Cost eBay $63M

      (Newser) - A French court sided today with couturier Louis Vuitton in a suit against eBay, ruling the auctioneer must pay $63.1 million in damages for fake goods sold on its site—a ruling the Wall Street Journal says will force eBay to step up anti-counterfeiting protections. EBay says it will appeal the judgment, its second recent defeat in French courts. More »

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      France  • eBay  • Louis Vuitton  • counterfeit  • Christian Dior

    • Pharrell Sets Menu for Fashion Plates

      Paper  |  Jun 2, 08 8:31 PM CDT

      Pharrell Sets Menu for Fashion Plates

      (Newser) - NERD frontman Pharrell Williams has lent his Midas touch to more than just hip-hop, Erica Kennedy writes in a Paper profile. The multi-tasking taste-maker boasts luxe clothing and jewelry lines, and friendships and collaborations with assorted style icons. "Pharrell doesn't buy something because it's fashionable," says one comrade in charms. "Pharrell makes fashion." More »

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      fashion  • hip-hop  • Louis Vuitton  • bling  • Anna Wintour  • Marc Jacobs  • Pharrell Williams

  • May 2008

    • Vuitton Refuses to Be Accessory to Genocide

      ABC News  |  May 13, 08 4:37 AM CDT

      Vuitton Refuses to Be Accessory to Genocide

      (Newser) - A Danish designer hoped her T-shirt featuring a starving child tricked out with Paris Hilton's favorite accessories—a Louis Vuitton handbag and her tiny dog Tinkerbell—would highlight the media's distorted priorities and raise money to fight genocide in Darfur. The French luxury brand, however, was not amused, and has launched a lawsuit calling for a halt in production of the T-shirts and demanding $7,500 for every day her website uses the Vuitton name, reports ABC News. More »

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      Sudan  • Darfur  • design  • Louis Vuitton  • T shirts  • handbag

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Polyester Sticking to the Runway

      W  |  Feb 20, 08 7:04 PM CST

      Polyester Sticking to the Runway

      (Newser) - Once shunned as tacky, scratchy and smelly, polyester was front and center on spring runways this year. "In fashion when something's so hideous, it's great," Marc Jacobs tells W about his use of the synthetic in Louis Vuitton cardigans and skirts. Japanese designers Rei Kawakubo and Issey Miyake have spearheaded polyester's return to the glory of its 1960s heyday. More »

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      fashion  • fashion designer  • Louis Vuitton  • runway  • Marc Jacobs

  • December 2007

    • What They Expect When Expecting

      New York Times  |  Dec 7, 07 4:33 PM CST

      What They Expect When Expecting

      (Newser) - How to pass the time while your wife’s in labor? Perhaps at the jewelry store. The New York Times profiles the trend of fathers rewarding their babies’ mothers with “push presents,” gifts for enduring pregnancy. Modern women “are likely to want some sort of tangible bonus” for their nine-months’ troubles, and their partners are rushing in with Louis Vuitton diaper bags. More »

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      pregnancy  • Louis Vuitton  • jewelry

    • Eat Cake? Let Them Shop on Sundays

      Bloomberg  |  Dec 4, 07 9:41 PM CST

      Eat Cake? Let Them Shop on Sundays

      (Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy wants to ax a 1906 law that shutters most retail outlets on Sundays, Bloomberg reports. The move would modernize the country, the maverick president says, energizing an economy that has dragged behind that of other EU countries. "Previous governments, left and right, always dodged the issue," says a retail exec. "This government has more political will." More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Paris  • shopping  • Louis Vuitton  • Sundays

  • March 2007

    • Lexus Reaches for Luxury Cachet

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 26, 07 11:23 AM CDT

      Lexus Reaches for Luxury Cachet

      (Newser) - Stodgy luxury standby Lexus is trying to trade up to the hot "prestige luxury" market with a new line of $70,000 and up automobiles.  Along with the new models comes a massive rebranding effort that aims, says a  marketing manager, to get "Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci and Lexus all mentioned in the same breath."  More »

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      auto industry  • car  • Louis Vuitton  • Prada  • ultra rich  • sports cars  • luxury car  • Lexus  • Gucci  • vehicles

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