Early Edition
Thanks to our friends at *GQ*, we managed to get our hands on the five-page profile of Marc Jacobs from the May issue, hitting newsstands next Tuesday. The piece takes a closer look at Jacobs’...
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Apparently Mrs. Bruni’s marriage—and less-than-savory photographic past—hasn’t dimmed her prospects as a model. Apparently the UK supermarket chain ASDA has dumped their current spokesperson in the...
View ArticleCoppola Family Values
First Gorbachev and Keef, and now the Coppolas. That’s right, LV has netted another one. The Louis Vuitton Core Values campaign rolls along, this time scooping up the estimably rotund Francis Ford...
View ArticleHello, Moto
Jennifer Livingston for Details The globe-trotters over at Details just put up a few backstage snaps from the Fall ’08 shows in Milan and Paris, and we were a little surprised at how many up-collar...
View ArticleInto Bondage
Apparently The Moment has bondage on the brain. After the recent round of Milan shows, the style blog of the internet’s favorite punching bag decided to declare a microtrend of shoes with rubber...
View ArticleSneakers of Doom
These mid-tops came our way as a Franco-Japanese collab between Springcourt and Resistance. The idea of mashing together 18th century upholstery and 20th century sneakers is an interesting one, and...
View ArticleCounterfeits, ScarJo, and Plaid
The Impostor: A tour of some of the more innovative uses of the Louis Vuitton pattern, not counting Mr. Murakami. [Gawker] Scarlett Fever: A critical consideration of Scarlett Johansson. With bikini...
View ArticleFalling Into a Pattern
George Carlin once said that America is good at two things: taking a good idea and running it completely into the ground and taking a bad idea and running it completely into the ground. We’re feeling...
View ArticleNaughty Fox, The Perfect Moccasin & Sean to Vuitton
Bad Fox: Transformers 2 femme fatal and GQ covergirl Megan Fox has a loose-lipped Mom. Mrs. Fox chatted with her hometown newspaper and confirms your biggest dreams—Megan as a very, very naughty...
View ArticleKate in the Middle, Bruno at Stella & Sofia Stilettos
Bruno Strikes Again: Sacha Baron Cohen’s flamboyant TV host character targets Fashion Week again, this time disrupting Stella McCartney’s runway presentation [The Cut] Drumming Up Cash: Artist Peter...
View ArticleSean Connery, Bikes, and Zip Codes
Bonds will be Bonds: Sean Connery’s Louis Vuitton ad makes us want to buy an island, a white fedora and a Mexican beer. [The Cut] Critical Mass: A new study shows people flock to cycles in the face of...
View ArticleSecond Skin
Just when it seemed like things were cooling down for Takashi Murakami, the holidays roll around and everyone in retail goes completely insane. In the case of Louis Vuitton, that means wrapping an...
View ArticleVuitton’s Troubles, Fresh Kimonos, and Italian Women
Strong Cheesecake: The famous Pirelli calendar hits newsstands, edited by Kempt favorite Peter Beard. Somehow, we expected more baboon action. [Men.Style] Louis Louis: Mr. Vuitton feels the pinch....
View ArticleParkways, Spray Paint and the Resilience of Sex Shops
Scenic Route: ACL waxes nostalgic over Connecticut’s own Merritt Parkway. We were always partial to the Pacific Coast Highway ourselves… [A Continuous Lean] Louis Louie: Does it still count as tagging...
View ArticleBuilt to Last
via LIFE It’s tough to say what luxury looks like during hard times, but it’s a question fashion houses are going to have to answer one way or another. We’ve got a few ideas ourselves—most notably this...
View ArticleLeighton, Sarah, and Louis
Girls Gone Somewhat Wild: Terry Richardson redeems himself yet again, providing art for the 18th Gossip Girl-related cover story so far. [Rolling Stone] Boyish Charm: In case you needed more Band of...
View ArticleOff the Wall
This is a snap from the latest redesign of Louis Vuitton’s Omotesando store in Tokyo, but it should look familiar to anyone who’s caught the traveling Murakami retrospective that’s been making the...
View ArticleTally Ho
God Save the Queen: Vogue UK has run across some very fashion-forward pirates. [Refinery29] Cave Diving: Nick Cave’s Gladiator sequel looks like the best movie to never, ever be made. [Vulture] Kind...
View ArticleTo the Moon, Alice
The new face of Louis Vuitton has most recently cycled from counter-revolutionary heads of state to island-hopping Scottish nationalists, but apparently they’ve now turned their attention to the...
View ArticleGoing Disney
Takashi Murakami’s ongoing Louis Vuitton collaboration has already yielded some strange fruits, but he shows no signs of letting up. This video is the second instance of his Miyazaki-esque animated...
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