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As far as I can tell, this is very first image of the upcoming and hotly anticipated Louis Vuitton “Monogramouflage” handbag. The bag appears to be crafted in a very sporty form with what appears to be relaxed handles, golden brass hardware press buttons on the exterior side pockets, and a fabric constructed shape sans a rigid structure. What I don’t know is : “What are those red tags on the bag?” Maybe it’s a placeholder for where the “Louis Vuitton” logo will go? Who knows.

I am definitely looking forward to this bag when it comes out in June. Just in case any of my readers are anxious for one, the supposed launch dates are for sometime in early June exclusively at the Brooklyn Museum (June 5ish). Following a 2 week exclusivity at the BKLYN Museum, the Monogramouflage line should be available in select LV Boutiques worldwide.

Thanks again to Karen Kooper.com for the wonderful inside peek to the upcoming Monogramouflage line!

Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner wasn’t the only one causing controversy at the Brooklyn Museum’s gala celebration for the Takashi Murakami retrospective last Thursday night. Some attendees say Jamie Snow, wife of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, was rather boorish in her accumulation of freebies at the event.

Each diner at the gala was entitled to one special edition technicolor fiberglass placemat designed by the trendy artist, but it seems Snow’s sense of entitlement was big enough to accommodate eight of the souvenirs, which she snatched from abandoned place settings and had autographed by Murakami after dinner. The mats have been sold for up to $1,000 on eBay by revelers who took them from previous events.

When some attendees at Thursday’s gala realized they missed out on the placemats, they went crying to Snow for one of her eight. According to Radar, she had little sympathy: “You guys really should have acted faster. This is Brooklyn!” Other placemat pleas reportedly elicited responses such as, “You snooze, you lose, buddy. Forget it.” And when her husband, the borough president, was asked to intervene, he responded with a shrug: “Just try being married to her.”

The Daily News confirmed the contretemps with Snow, who admitted it was “a little true.” So Marty Markowitz has vowed to sell the placemats to raise funds for Camp Brooklyn, a program that sends low-income kids to camp. “She didn’t steal, she didn’t thieve, she didn’t take from anyone else,” Markowitz told the News.

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Article from http://gothamist.com

© MURAKAMI, a retrospective of the work of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, opens Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum. Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles, where it was on view until February, the exhibit primarily focuses Murakami’s work between 1991 and 2000, when the artist began exploring “his own reality through an investigation of branding and identity.” (One additional work, Murakami’s 6,613 pound, 18 foot-tall Oval Buddha sculpture, will be on view at the Sculpture Garden at 590 Madison Avenue at 56th Street.)

Within the Brooklyn Museum exhibit is a fully operational Louis Vuitton store, where consumers can choose from a selection of Monogram Multicolor bags, including the “Monogramouflage,” a new pattern created by Takashi Murakami for Louis Vuitton that for now is only available at the Brooklyn Museum. (It hits stores in June.)

Speaking about the inclusion of the Louis Vuitton shop within the exhibition, Murakami states, “The shop project is not a part of the exhibition; rather it is the heart of the exhibition itself. It holds at once the aspects that fuse, reunite, and then recombine the concept of the readymade. The Louis Vuitton project brings to life a wonderful new world.”

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I didn’t even know that the anniversary flap came out also in white! Chanel reissued this bag the 50th anniversary of its creation. This reissue line came out in limited quantities only so grab it while you can on Karen Kooper http://www.karenkooper.com , Karen has always the best selection on impossible to find handbags!

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BROOKLYN—The Brooklyn Museum will house a fully operational Louis Vuitton store “within and as part of” “© MURAKAMI,” a retrospective of work by the Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, on view from April 5 through July 13, 2008, the museum has announced.

The store will offer a selection of Vuitton’s Monogram Multicolor bags and small leather goods as well as “Editioned Canvasses” of the Monogramouflage design created jointly by Murakami and Louis Vuitton artistic director Marc Jacobs, with whom the artist has collaborated since 2003. The pattern heralds a new product line that will be launched at the Brooklyn Museum Louis Vuitton store on June 1 and then sold in selected Louis Vuitton stores worldwide.

“© MURAKAMI” debuted at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles in late 2008, where it also featured a Louis Vuitton store, a move that drew considerable controversy. However, according to Murakami, “The shop project is not a part of the exhibition; rather it is the heart of the exhibition itself. It holds at once the aspects that fuse, reunite, and then recombine the concept of the readymade. The Louis Vuitton project brings to life a wonderful new world.”

Perhaps to blunt some of criticism, Vuitton has announced plans to donate a portion of the revenues generated at the store on the evening of the exhibition’s gala to the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation. The Brooklyn Museum has also announced that Vuitton is underwritting the store’s construction and is responsible for its staffing and operation.

March 27, 2008
post written by Bag Bliss blogger: BrS

Louis Vuitton Mahina XS Bag
Way back in October, Jennifer posted about the Louis Vuitton Mahina Bags (XL and XXL). These gorgeous bags feature the perforated LV monogram pattern, very similar in appearance to the earlier Onatah Collection. Interestingly, the Louis Vuitton Mahina Collection is named after a Polynesian Lunar Deity.

Back then, however, only the XL and XXL sizes were available. These bags are wonderful, but my goodness, …
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Say what you will about her checkered past, her quickie marriage to Nicolas Sarkozy, and those nude photos that keep turning up at the most embarrassing moments. Carla Bruni is still the best thing to happen to France’s fashion industry in years. From the moment she stepped off the plane clad in head-to-toe Dior, France’s new First Lady has been a walking advertisement for Parisian style during a state visit to Britain this week.

Her trim gray Dior coat-dress with matching pillbox hat drew immediate comparisons to Jackie Kennedy and wowed even the jaded Fleet Street crowd. “Perfect!” gushed the tabloid Mirror. “Chic,” intoned The Times. The outfit was one of four Dior creations that Bruni wore on March 26, a day that included lunch at Windsor Castle, a speech by Sarkozy to Parliament, and a state dinner at Buckingham Palace.

Diplomacy may have played a role in the wardrobe selections, since Dior’s star designer, John Galliano, is British. What’s more, Dior’s owner, Bernard Arnault of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is a longtime friend of Sarkozy’s. But Bruni doesn’t seem to be playing couture favorites: her state-visit wardrobe also includes a gown by designer Jean-Paul Gaultier of Hermès.

It helped, of course, that Bruni is a former model who looks drop-dead gorgeous in just about anything. And, well, it probably didn’t hurt that, as The Daily Telegraph put it, Prince Charles’ wife Camilla Parker-Bowles “dressed in what appeared to be an aged cleaning lady’s old brown coat, and topped with a hat that looked like a beret upon which a dead pheasant had crash-landed.” Ouch.

French fashion houses have never had such a stylish ambassador in the Elysée Palace. The former Madame Sarkozy, Cécilia, was also an ex-model and a bigtime clothes shopper. But she seemed to favor Italian fashion over French: She wore Prada at Sarkozy’s swearing-in last year, and her recent remarriage in New York City was announced by the house of Versace, which dressed her and her new husband, Richard Attias, for the occasion.

Former First Lady Bernadette Chirac was a fan of Chanel and always impeccably clad. But she was already a matronly 62 when her husband became President in 1995. Bruni is only 40. The nude photos and the past liaisons with Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton may not be conventional trappings for a President’s wife – but they create a frisson that could help French fashion in its quest to remain young and hip.

New Yorkers taking a stroll through the city’s Central Park have been greeted by a rather surprising sight: supermodel Claudia Schiffer sprawled across the grass.

The supermodel lost her footing

Schiffer turned heads while taking part in a photo shoot for Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld.

The 37-year-old supermodel appeared to fall over while wearing a pair of high heel patent boots, but it was not clear if the tumble was an accident, or all part of the plan.

Schiffer enjoyed posing in the sunshine

Aides helped her back on to her feet and she continued with her poses; at one point draping herself over the kerb again.

The veteran model appeared to enjoy her time spent outdoors in the spring sunshine.

Schiffer wore black leggings, a dark wool jacket and a beret for the shoot. She carried a black leather Chanel shoulder bag.

Schiffer is one of the world’s most successful supermodels. She has appeared on more than 500 magazine covers and was estimated to be worth around £38 million in 2002.

Aides were on hand to make sure the lighting was right

Born in Germany, she rose to fame in the 1990s. She was engaged to magician David Copperfield for six years.

In 2002 she married film producer Matthew Vaughan. The couple have two sons and live in London.

• Tom Ford opened his first store outside the U.S. in Osaka, Japan. He plans to open 87 more locations in Asia over the next decade. Go, Ford, go! [WWD]

• High fashion is not cut for women with big breasts — since obviously those ladies come off as trashy. Nonetheless, 3,000 British women said the push-up bra was the greatest fashion invention of all time. Seems Anna Wintour was right about designers being out of touch. [Telegraph]

• Marchesa has confirmed its bridal collection, which is what everyone suspected Georgina Chapman would be working on after her wedding to movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, for which she designed her own dress. [Fashion Week Daily]

• The Chanel Mobile Art exhibit will plunk down in New York in September for Fashion Week. It will probably land wherever it can fit, since it’s so darn huge. Also, it takes two weeks to dismantle the structure and three weeks to assemble it. But do we really expect something less than high maintenance from Karl Lagerfeld? [Racked]

• Keepin’ it green as usual, Stella McCartney is opening six stores in India with the same distribution company that’s helping her save Bengali tigers. [WWD]