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Wild Angelina Does Vuitton

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:07:51 CDT

A smoldering shot of a barefoot, wild-haired Angelina Jolie in a wooden boat in Cambodia is the latest come-hither ad for Louis Vuitton. "People are not used to seeing Angelina in this situation," far from the red carpet, a Vuitton spokeswoman tells Women's Wear Daily . Jolie wears a Louis Vuitton...

Angelina Snags $10M Modeling Deal

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:35:05 CDT

Angelina Jolie: world-famous actress, UN ambassador, and now, the face of Louis Vuitton. Jolie snagged a huge deal with the French fashion giant—a source tells E! she'll make "close to $10 million," which is believed to be the most profitable endorsement deal of her career. Annie Leibovitz will shoot...

Japan Loses Its Taste for Luxury

Jason Farago — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:31:20 CDT

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...

No One Really Wears This Stuff

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:41:28 CDT

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 artwork,” she writes in...

Fall Fashion Mags Shed a Few Pounds

Matt Cantor — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:50:45 CDT

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 out space...

Luxury Labels Flaunt Green Cred

Rob Quinn — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:02:42 CDT

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...

Scotland Yard to Grill LiLo in $500K Bling Theft

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:42:20 CDT

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 she...

Designers Fight Store Discounts

Ambreen Ali — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:33:07 CDT

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. “That’s not...

Easter Island Statue Plans Paris Pilgrimage

Nick McMaster — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:50:06 CST

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 for travel known to...