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NEWS ABOUT: Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton stories: 18 news summaries

 Japan Loses Its 
 Taste for Luxury 

From food to handbags, high-cost items are suffering

Sep 21, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundred-dollar melons and pricey designer handbags used to sell so well in Japan that companies considered luxury goods a mass-market sector. But while the Japanese kept on shopping through previous recessions, this one has produced a sea change. The luxury industry has been hard hit, and the change may be... More »

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Louis Vuitton • shopping • Japan • recession • Tokyo • luxury • Japanese economy

 No One Really Wears This Stuff 

Except Madonna, and even she looks 'ridiculous' in runway fashions

Sep 16, 09 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - For everyone who’s ever looked at runway fashions and wondered, “Would anybody really wear that?” Claire Suddath has the answer: No. New York Fashion Week's over-the-top designs, from clothes befitting a 19th-century French prostitute to “outfits that literally have no armholes” are “a form of wearable... More »

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fashion • Louis Vuitton • runway • Madonna • fashion designer • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion

 Fall Fashion Mags 
 Shed a Few Pounds 

Advertisers slowly turn to the Internet

Aug 17, 09 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fashion magazines’ typically beefy September issues are nearly a third skinnier this year as advertisers drift away from print, the Wall Street Journal reports. Vogue, for example, boasted 840 pages in September 2007; this year, it’s just 429 pages, a 36% drop from last year. Advertisers are trying... More »

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fashion • Louis Vuitton • online advertising • marketing • magazine • Vogue • print advertising • advertisers • Diane Von Furstenberg • magazine industry • Jay-ZTV

 Luxury Labels 
 Flaunt Green Cred 

Top-end firms realize eco-friendly image can boost brand value

Jul 2, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - As traditional luxury good buyers make way for a new generation of eco-conscious consumers, luxe brands are jostling to show off their planet-saving credentials, the Wall Street Journal reports. Firms like Louis Vuitton and Tiffany are snapping up eco-friendly firms, introducing new lines, and using green themes in their advertising... More »

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environment • Gucci • Louis Vuitton • social responsibility • luxury goods • luxury • Tiffany's • women's issues

(Newser) - Scotland Yard is seeking to question Lindsay Lohan as part of an investigation into the theft of some $500,000 in Dior jewelry she wore during an Elle photo shoot in London, reports TMZ. Lohan was featured on the cover. Lohan "kept going on about the jewels, asking if... More »

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Louis Vuitton • theft • Lindsay Lohan • Scotland Yard • Christian Dior • bling

analysis

 Designers Fight 
 Store Discounts 

Sales scare away brand loyalists, they say

Apr 16, 09 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Department-store sales may woo bargain shoppers, but they turn off the high-end base luxury designers cater to, Christina Binkley writes in the Wall Street Journal, and cut into those designers’ profits and brand control. Discounts last Thanksgiving set off a chain reaction that collapsed high-end retail’s pricing structure. “... More »

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fashion • Louis Vuitton • retail sales • department stores • retail shopping • fashion designer • Saks • Eileen Fisher

 Easter Island Statue 
 Plans Paris Pilgrimage 

'Moai' aims to change humanity's 'materialistic conscience': government

Dec 16, 08 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A “moai”—one of the giant statues of elongated heads on Easter Island—will travel to Paris in 2010 on a mission to challenge the “materialistic conscience” of the world, the Independent reports. Representatives of the Pacific island’s government said the statue had made its wish... More »

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post materialism • Louis Vuitton • France • Paris • The Louvre • Easter Island • moai

GLOSSIES

 Fashion, Politics Unlikely Mix 

Carla Bruni's outfits something of an obsession, though there's a flip side

Jul 8, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Hillary Clinton • fashion • Louis Vuitton • Angela Merkel • Nicolas Sarkozy • Mikhail Gorbachev • Christian Dior • female politicians • Carla Bruni • fashion designer • fashion industry

Luxe Knockoffs Cost eBay $63M

French court favors Louis Vuitton; auction giant may boost anti- counterfeit measures

Jun 30, 08 4:48 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Louis Vuitton • eBay • France • counterfeit • Christian Dior

Pharrell Sets Menu for Fashion Plates

Hip-hop tastemaker boasts luxe jewelry, clothing lines

Jun 2, 08 8:31 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Vuitton Refuses to Be Accessory to Genocide

Luxury firm sues over fundraising T-shirt 

May 13, 08 4:37 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 10 Most-Wanted 
 Luxury Brands 

Forbes runs down the luxury brands we most desire

Mar 25, 08 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates may actually buy the most designer goods, but when money is no object, we’ve all got expensive tastes. One research group asked 25,000 consumers to forget about price tags and name the luxury brand they covet most. Forbes runs down the... More »

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fashion • Prada • Gucci • Louis Vuitton • list • Ralph Lauren • Christian Dior • Giorgio Armani • luxury • Yves Saint Laurent • Chanel • Calvin Klein • fashion label • Versace

Mama's Top Brand New Bags

Forbes picks its favorite luxury purses of the year

Mar 7, 08 5:54 PM CST
(Newser) - After spending thousands of dollars on a handbag, you might not be able to afford anything to put inside it—so choose wisely. Forbes outlines the best in "it" bags:
  1. Hermes Kelly Bag, $5,000 and up: Embrace your inner Grace Kelly with the original "it" bag,
... More »

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Louis Vuitton • list • luxury goods • Hermes • Marc Jacobs • handbag • Kate Spade • clutch • Grace Kelly • Orchard Street Rae Tote • Hermes Kelly Bag • Marc Jacobs Robert Bag on Bag • Louis Vuitton Motarde Frame Bags

Keith Richards, Supermodel

Rolling Stone mugs for Louis Vuitton

Mar 6, 08 11:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Keith Richards is featured in a new Louis Vuitton ad, accessorized as usual with headscarf and guitar—but wearing no LV, writes Elizabeth Snead in the Los Angeles Times. The Rolling Stone isn’t identified in the pic, as, a rep notes, “Keith Richards needs absolutely no introduction."... More »

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music • Al Gore • Louis Vuitton • Keith Richards • Rolling Stones • advertisements • Annie Leibovitz • Climate Project

Polyester Sticking to the Runway

Once-disdained fabric makes synthetic splash in spring fashion shows

Feb 20, 08 7:04 PM CST
(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... More »

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fashion • Louis Vuitton • runway • fashion designer • Lanvin • Marc Jacobs • polyester • Rei Kawakubo • Issey Miyake • Commes des Garçons • Alber Elbaz

What They Expect When Expecting

New fathers are rewarding their babies' mothers with 'push presents'

Dec 7, 07 4:33 PM CST
(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”... More »

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pregnancy • Louis Vuitton • push presents • jewelry

Eat Cake? Let Them Shop
on Sundays

Sarkozy takes steps to scrap law keeping stores closed

Dec 4, 07 9:41 PM CST
(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,"... More »

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

Lexus Reaches for Luxury Cachet

Wealthy suburbanites' car of choice
gets high-end makeover

Mar 26, 07 11:23 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

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