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Luxury Cuteness: Muhammad Ali and Grandson Are The Newest Faces of Louis Vuitton
Source: Styleblazer.com
He is the greatest to ever enter the ring, and Louis Vuitton has recognized his brilliance. Muhammad Ali is the new spokesperson for the luxury handbag designer. Shot by Annie Liebovitz, the ads capture the beloved American hero in a candid moment with his pint-size grandson, Curtis Muhammad Conway Jr., ready to follow in his massive footsteps. Curtis, also known as “C.J.,” is the son of Laila Ali, and his grandfather personally requested that the three-year old appear in the ad with him.
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Get Eva Marcille’s Look
Eva has come quite a ways since her Top Model days. The former ANTM winner is now the host of Oxygen Network’s “Hair Battle Spectacular”. She was spotted recently in this fabulous outfit going into Barneys in Beverly Hills. Want the break down of this casually chic look? Scroll to see an itemized list of the ensemble.
If you have a couple grand to blow you too can have this Vernus Alma Louis Vuitton bag. It runs for $2,250. But if you’re resourceful a good knock off will do the trick. 
Summer is coming. Make sure you step out in some fly shades. If you’re looking for an option– consider these Balmain shades by Oliver People. They run around $600.
And now to the best part of the outfit, the shoes. These Versace pumps from the Spring/Summer collection run $1,195.
Eva’s TOP SHOP blazer runs $380 and her Live Life and Love Denim jeans are the cheapest thing on the list at $230.
Could You Go to Jail For Buying a Knockoff Coach Bag?
By Brittany Hutson
For those who crave to have a $2,200 Louis Vutton handbag but can’t bear the dent it will put in their wallet, buying a knockoff on Canal Street in Manhattan may be the next best option they will settle for.
Unfortunately for the state of New York, the public’s fixation with knockoff bags has caused them to lose near $1 billion in tax revenue, so city lawmakers have decided to strike back. Recently, City Councilwoman Margaret Chin proposed a bill that will induce consequences for those who can’t resist the purchase of counterfeit designer goods. Under the new bill, those caught can either face up to a year in jail or a $1,000 fine.
“I urge visitors that come to New York to come for the authenticity, not to buy these fake bags or electronics,” Chin said. “We have local designers that create unique items at affordable prices, and they’re available. So don’t just come here for the knockoffs.”
According to the Wall Street Journal, a 2004 report conducted by then-city Comptroller William Thompson found that about 8 percent of the approximately $287 billion in counterfeit goods sold in the United States annually is sold in New York City.
Although it is already illegal to sell fake designer goods, if this bill passes, New York will be the first U.S. city to criminalize those who purchase these items, said Susan Scafidic, head of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University.
Can Luxury Brands Boost Black Achievement?
By Christina Burton
A group of scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem did a recent experiment that ended with a remarkable result: owning a designer handbag or bracelet may make a person feel like more than just a million bucks—it may actually boost human performance.
Dan Ariely, a behavioral researcher on the team and professor at Duke University, found that brand name products can act like placebos on people, much like the effect of a harmless pill given to a patient to see if it produces a psychological “feel-better” effect.
In the study, Ariely’s participants, who were given products tagged as luxury brands, read better, listened better and concentrated better in comparison to the participants who used the same products that were marked as cheaper brands.
However, branding expert Rob Frankel says that “there’s no way” that Louis Vuitton can make a person do better in life. Frankel, who is white, says when it comes to the black community, it’s all about what he calls “the golden rule of marketing.”
“If you want to go fishing, go where the fish are.”
Popular luxury brands have cornered the African-American market by simply copying and pasting famous black entertainers into advertisements or casting a desirable black actor into a commercial or magazine spread.
An example: Sean “Diddy” Combs. The hip-hop businessman is the lead brand manager, marketer, advertiser and product promoter of Cîroc vodka, a premium spirit owned by alcohol-maker Diageo PLC. Since Diddy got on board with Cîroc in 2007, the brand’s sales grew over 552 percent.
The retail industry employs 19.2 percent of blacks. According to a Harvard Business School study, being surrounded by money and luxuries “might very well have an effect on cognition and decision-making.”
If luxury brands improve human performance, Ariely’s research is the lone ranger in proving it. Frankel attributes the powerful feeling that a black person might get when wearing a brand name to a lack of self-esteem and a lack of literacy longstanding since the time before federal legislation rid blacks of their civil, educational and economic shackles.
Tattoos to Avoid By All Means Necessary
Oh, how addictive getting tatted up can be.
When people tell me they want a new tattoo but aren’t sure of what to get, I always want to yell at them in dismay not to get one. Not because I’m against body art, but because when people get that craving to feel the needle against their skin, they usually come out of the parlor with a marking they’ll regret. Something spur of the moment. We can all agree there’s no need for you to have a tattoo of your own name. And while most small, hidden tattoos that catch people by surprise can be Hot, these days, spontaneous (basically stupid) designs end up too big to hide and the person ends up having to explain their body of work everytime it meets someone’s eye. So if you want to try out a new tattoo, I beg of you, check out the following failures in tattoo trends and avoid them at all costs.
(A couple of these pics are NSFW-ish)
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2pac, Barbie, celebrity, Chris Brown, facebook, gucci, Gucci Mane, Lil Wayne, lip tattoo, Louis Vuitton, nicki minaj, T-Pain, tattoos, Travis Porter, twitterLouis Vuitton Continues Its Fight Against Knock-Offs
(Bloomberg) — LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world’s largest luxury-goods maker, filed a U.S. trade complaint seeking to block U.S. imports from China of handbags, luggage and other accessories that copy the Louis Vuitton look. Some Chinese companies are infringing trademarks “through a systematic copying of Louis Vuitton product lines, bag styles and overall identity,” Louis Vuitton said in a complaint filed Dec. 3 with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington. LVMH, based in Paris, has been aggressive in trying to curtail the amount of counterfeit goods that copy its luxury brands. It sued EBay Inc., claiming the online auction house didn’t work hard enough to prevent sales of knockoffs on its site. Japan’s biggest online retailer, Rakuten Inc., signed a deal with LVMH in September on plans to combat counterfeiting.
Did Vuitton Engage in a Little Fakery, Too?
(Businessweek) — LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton has zero tolerance for companies that manufacture and sell fake goods. The Paris-based luxury group works with law-enforcement authorities to shut down counterfeiting operations in China, and has won court rulings against eBay for selling fake copies of Vuitton bags, Dior sunglasses, and other items. But now British regulators have accused LVMH of engaging in a bit of fakery itself. On May 26, the country’s Advertising Standards Authority banned two recent Louis Vuitton advertisements, saying they left a “misleading” impression that the company’s products were handmade.
Did Vuitton Engage in a Little Fakery, Too?
(Businessweek) — LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton has zero tolerance for companies that manufacture and sell fake goods. The Paris-based luxury group works with law-enforcement authorities to shut down counterfeiting operations in China, and has won court rulings against eBay for selling fake copies of Vuitton bags, Dior sunglasses, and other items. But now British regulators have accused LVMH of engaging in a bit of fakery itself. On May 26, the country’s Advertising Standards Authority banned two recent Louis Vuitton advertisements, saying they left a “misleading” impression that the company’s products were handmade.
LVMH Sales Increase Suggests Luxury Goods Are on the Rebound!
(nymag.com) — Rich people really are shopping again! Today LVMH reported an 11 percent revenue increase for the fourth quarter, thanks to increased demand for Champagne, watches, and jewelry — all categories hit hardest in the luxury-goods industry in the downturn. Sales for the three months ending March 31 totaled $6.2 billion versus $5.26 billion in the same period last year. With a comparable structure and constant exchange rates, that’s an increase of 13 percent.
