Marc Jacobs x Kaws - 10th Anniversary Mouse Flats

Marc Jacobs and Kaws has done a collaboration work to celebrate 10th Anniversary Mouse Flats. And here is what they came up, the sleek patent leather Mouse Flats. What makes it is more special is that they are limited to 200 pairs worldwide!

Where?: Colette (Paris), Original Fake (Tokyo) and Marc Jacobs flagship stores (US and London) will be the only stores that will carry these.

When?: Monday, September 29th.

Ladies, if you want one, you need to be quick. The design is so LVoe!



Source and images: Freshnessmag

Louis Vuitton -The Top 20 of The 2008 Best Global Brands

I have just read an article about the "2008 Best Global Brands" which is done by Interbrand Sampson and Louis Vuitton is in the top 20 with 6% changes in the brand value. They are doing really good and according to the article, Louis Vuitton has aggressive expansion plans abroad.

To read the whole article and see the entire rank, Click here

Source: Interbrand

More Pics!!- Louis Vuitton at COMME des GARCONS

Here is photos taken at the opening of Louis Vuitton at COMME des GARCONS store, a temporary store for celebration of Louis Vuitton 30th anniversary in Japan.

Louis Vuitton at COMME des GARCONS store

LV emblazoned fixtures feature Kawakubo’s latest creations, which are tightly mounted into the walls and are also placed around the new temporary store.

The price ranges start from 78,750 yen, or 905 AUD, for a 12-centimeter-tall rectangular bag to 194,250 yen, or 2228 AUD, for the aforementioned duffle.

Rei Kawakubo and Yves Carcelle

Click here for more info about this exclusive store and limited edition bags!!-->Louis Vuitton at COMME des GARCONS - 4th September 2008

Source and image: trashbagaesthetics

Louis Vuitton Tokyo Flagship Store By UNStudio

By 2010, Louis Vuitton is planing to open a new flagship store in Tokyo, Japan. This new ten-storey building flagship store is desgined by Dutch architects UNStudio. The location and construction schedule of this flagship store are still secret. These images show a proposed flashship store.

The design inspires the visitor with a feeling of being in the House of Louis Vuitton by celebrating the qualities that make up the essence of the company, its products, its history and its future.

The elements that represent the classical values connected to the Louis Vuitton brand are implicitly present throughout the design. These elements are to a large extent identical to the modernity also implicit in the name Louis Vuitton, along with the value of inventiveness. The element that moves through all the scale levels of the design is the leaf shape. The leaf is found in the floor plan, in the section and in the elevation. It has been applied to the construction also, responding to location-specific constructional demands. Leaf-shaped openings in the façade give the building a strong identity with landmark potential, while complying with the necessity for discreetness with respect to visibility from the outside. The leaf shape can be seen as bearing a connection to the famous Louis Vuitton monogram.

The building follows the structure of a (grand) house: with three levels, each spanning a varying number of split-level floors and each with its own atmosphere and purpose. Each floor is in principle divided into four leaves, which are set in a spiral pattern with a height difference between each leaf of 2.70 meters. Terrace zones, which offer a mix of functions in a garden setting, mark the different vertical sections of the house, with the sense of intimacy growing towards the top of the building.

Source and image: Nitro

What Marc Jacobs thinks about collaborations!?!?

Recently, New York Magazine had a chance to catch up with Marc Jacobs and asked what he thinks about Louis Vuitton's collaborations. Here is what the article said:

Marc Jacobs convinced Louis Vuitton to design handbags in collaboration with artists Takashi Murakami and Richard Prince. The resulting enthusiasm and sales numbers were enormous. The label's latest collaborative handbags, designed by Comme des Garcons' Rei Kawakubo in honor of Louis Vuitton's 40th anniversary, will go on sale Wednesday at a pop-up shop in Tokyo. In a lengthy article in WWD about the Kawakubo partnership, Marc Jacobs reveals that unlike the Murakami and Prince projects, he had no creative input on the bag collection Kawakubo created in Vuitton's signature monogram pattern. He also said he doesn't feel the need to continue the Vuitton collaborations despite pressure from the higher-ups and hinted he thinks they're getting a little out of control:

“I’ve kind of warned everybody up there that I think they’ve gotten a little too into this idea which, I mean, is great,” Jacobs said. “I’m glad that everybody gets behind it, but what they don’t realize is that I do it at a pace that maintains the brand’s integrity and seems really right, and I think that sometimes everybody loves a good idea so much that they kind of go too far and it kind of kills it.”

So is the next Louis Vuitton collaboration further off than we might have thought? Is it coming at all? Could Marc be shifting his obsessive energies from contemporary art to something else? Whatever he cooks up next, we can't imagine he won't deliver."

Well, what do you guys think?

Sources: New York Magazine

Crime of Fashion

May 15, 2008 -- A manager at a Marc Jacobs store in the West Village was busted for stealing $62,000 from the boutique, and admits he had "been doing it for a while," authorities said yesterday. - New York Post reported

Kyle Avila, 24, worked at the chic Marc by Marc Accessories store as a manager at 385 Bleecker St. for the past 11/2 years. The Kansas native, who also appeared nude for a Marc Jacobs tee, was busted for stealing $62,000 from the store.

Co-manager Mike Okerson was the one who noticed the missing dough while doing routine receipt reviews. Okerson had given Avila a chance to return the money, but Avila failed to show up with the money, so his colleague called the cops. He is now charged with grand larceny and remains in jail after failing to post $2000 cash bail set by the judge.

Source: New York Post