Friday, October 21, 2011
Fashion house Louis Vuitton is once again taking a swing at the music business. According to MTV.com, the fashion company has teamed up with fellow designer label Gucci to stop rapper T.I. from releasing his video for “Swing Ya Rag.”
The song features T.I. bragging about waving his Louis Vuitton and Gucci rags in the club.He says the video was shot weeks ago and that it, quote, “came out hot.” But the two companies called the rapper out for infringement “in one way or another.”
T.I. adds that he’s now focusing on a video for his recent number-one hit “Live Your Life” with RihannaEarlier this year, Louis Vuitton settled a lawsuit with Sony BMG over the use of their logo. At issue was an album cover for former “American Idol” winner Ruben Studdard, and a video for rapper Da Brat. Pop star Britney Spears was also mentioned in the suit for a video that featured the Louis Vuitton logo on the dashboard of her pink Hummer. A rep for Louis Vuitton said at the time, quote, “We don’t make dashboards.”
This is crazy to me it seems like he would bring more business? But on the other hand I understand they don't want this image for there brand. He calls it a Louie Rag when it really a scarf that' made for woman. What's next your "Man Purse up in the air"?? Read More (Click now)
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HOUSE OF GLITZ: LV & Gucci Tired of these Rappers making there Shi!! GHETTO!!
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Well that goes my hook up. Online retailer EBay was fined millions by a French court today for allowing the sale of counterfeit purses and legitimate designer perfumes on its Web site, Women's Wear Daily reports.The landmark ruling was declared after LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the parent company of sought-after designer brands such as Fendi, Givenchy, Marc Jacobs and, of course, Louis Vuitton, sued the auctioneer in a French court for "negligence,"
claiming it allowed knockoffs to be sold on its domain.
The two-year trial ended in a $63 million victory for the luxury retailers -- and a stern warning to EBay, which LVMH doesn't count as an "approved retailer."
WWD says the popular site was ordered to stop promoting both fake and legitimate designer goods by those labels, and to stop selling fragrances and cosmetics by LV, Christian Dior, Givenchy and Guerlain immediately, or face a fine of 50,000 euros, or about $79,000, a day.
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HOUSE OF GLITZ; DAM DAM DAM...!!!
I'm sure they will be Metro-sexual, Louis Vuitton is apparently looking to beef up its presence in the glow-in-the-dark menswear market.
Sitting front and center at the French fashion house's spring 2009 show in Paris last week, Kanye West told Women's Wear Daily that he has signed on to collaborate on a line of men's footwear for the LVMH-owned luxury brand.
The clothes-conscious rapper also said that he's working on a non-Louis-related signature line of womenswear that's set to debut this fall.
West has blogged before about his passion for couture, calling runway shows "one of [his] favorite things in the world."
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HOUSE OF GLTIZ: YOU GO GIRL!!
