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Fashion Indie’s Extreme Makeover
In honor of our recently acquired investment molla, we’ve decided to bring on a couple of folks to give us a site an extreme makeover.
The changes are totally cosmetic, but will give you a fresh new FashionIndie.com to play with.
More comments, more user friendlyness and bigger pictures are all part of our changing.
Plus, to celebrate we’ll be introducing a couple of giveaways and prizes to top commenters and contributers. So join up and say something.
Hope you like it.
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Comments From Our Readers
Sometimes our readers love us, sometimes they call me the local idiot. Here are some recent comments that got us talking at the offices of Fashion Indie Media.
From khalid the dread
i understand your frustration with folks who pretend to be more cool or “it” than they really are but youre way off the mark with this one, killa. its clear you dont know them or have ever been to the store, since you assume they have clowns and whatnot on the walls. now that i think about it, where in God’s name are you running if youre catering to spots with naked clowns on the wall, b? the shop is official, no lie so come check it out so you can write a follow up article which starts with an apology. oh and if im correct “it” usually means confidence in your own style and vision. they are confident in theirs and i for one get “it”
In response to Who Cried Wolf?
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Louis Vuitton Doesn’t Hate Darfur, Just Copyright Infringement
Pretty darn similar.Photo: Nadiaplesner.com, Courtesy of Louis Vuitton
The Louis Vuitton vs. Nadia Plesner battle is heating up, with the Danish art student questioning what can be considered art and the house of Marc trying to not seem like the bad guys while protecting their copyrights.
New York Magazine offered and insightful look at the lawsuit and how Louis was only taking the most logical step after dealing with an artist that refused to cease and desist. It’s one for the textbooks and will most likely prevent other artists from messing with the Vuitton’s of the world any time soon. The full story below…
Earlier this week we ran a Q&A with Nadia Plesner, the Danish art student embroiled in a copyright lawsuit with Louis Vuitton. She created an image depicting a Darfurian child holding a bag based on a Louis Vuitton design for a campaign to raise awareness of the ongoing genocide in Darfur. Her message is that we care more about items like the Vuitton purse and the celebrities that carry them than serious issues like Darfur. Today a spokeswoman from Louis Vuitton rang us up to offer their side of the story.
She said the fashion house initially did not ask for damages when it noticed the colors and design of the bag in Plesner’s painting appeared to be an exact copy of the Audra bag pictured above. They sent Plesner a letter asking her to respect the rights of other artists like Louis Vuitton creative director Marc Jacobs and artist Takashi Murakami, who designed the bag. Plesner didn’t respond to the letter but continued her campaign and posted the letter on her Website. The spokeswoman also noted when Plesner started the campaign, she was donating 30 percent of the profits from the sale of T-shirts and posters with the image (now her Website says she’s donating 100 percent of the profits).
Since Plesner didn’t respond to Louis Vuitton, the house went to court in Paris to file an injunction. On March 25 the court declared the image was a clear infringement of Louis Vuitton’s copyright on the bag and ordered Plesner to cease and desist. When Plesner ignored this injunction, Louis Vuitton took further action and asked for 5,000 euros for each day she continued to sell the product (just under $7,700; some erroneous reports say $20,000 a day). “If companies don’t take action to protect trademarks, it’s harder to do so in the future,” the spokeswoman said. “I just think the way she’s portraying this she’s not telling what Louis Vuitton did to prevent the lawsuit.”
She added Louis Vuitton is not trying to stop Plesner’s campaign and hopes to find a solution to allow it to continue without infringing on Louis Vuitton’s intellectual-property rights.
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Louis Vuitton Just Invited Us to Breakfast (File Under: Shit I Never Thought I’d Write In a Title)
First Gucci calls and invites me to their Madonna/Malawi Gala.
Then American Express makes nice for canceling our Peter Som invite by giving us VIP seats at Zac Posen.
Now Louis Vuitton has invited us to a breakfast with their CEO.
Somebody pinch me. I think I’ve died and gone to fashion heaven.
The house of Jacobs plans to play nice with a few fashion bloggers by letting us enjoy pancakes and OJ with
Louis Vuitton America’s main honcho. We’ll give you the full report from our breakfast till next week, but just feel happy that you’re one of the few folks who get to live vicariously though us. Yeah, I know, you’re fucking jealous.
How’s this?
If we get anything at the event we’ll give it away on FashionIndie.com. Promises. Sound like a fair compremise.
Check us out next week for the full story on our Louis Vuitton’s/Fashion Indie lovefest.
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Billionaire babes hosting a pa…
Billionaire babes hosting a party at reiss on west broadway 20% off starts at 7pm
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Wouldnt it be cool if there wa…
Wouldnt it be cool if there was a way to rent high fashion? Like a store where all the hottest items were rentable
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Maurices Fashion Show TODAY!!!
Big, Huge Massive News INDIES!!!
Today is the Maurices fashion show where we will announce our Project Handbag winner!!!
For all of you who voted for a winner (nearly 17,000 of you) this is the big day that we announce the final winner, who will see their handbag put into production and sold in Maurices stores all across the country.
We’ll be live twittering from Hotel Gansevoort all day long, so be sure to check here for quick little updates on what’s going on.
Tomorrow we’ll have a behind the scenes runthru of the event and exclusive pictures.
Plus, we’ll make the big announcement and introduce the world to the winning designer and handbag!!!
We can’t wait.
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Just spotted Thom Browne on 14…
Just spotted Thom Browne on 14th and 8th. Same suit he was rocking last time i spotted him.
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No one said LV had a sense of humor!
Does this offend you? If you’re Louis Vuitton (and maybe Paris Hilton) it does!
In October of 2007, artist Nadia Plesner decided to create an art piece dealing with the genocide in Darfur. She created the above illustration that are on t-shirts and posters, with a 100% of the profit going to the organization “Divest for Darfur”
“My illustration Simple Living is an idea inspired by the medias constant cover of completely meaningless things.
My thought was: Since doing nothing but wearing designerbags and small ugly dogs appearantly[sic] is enough to get you on a magasine[sic] cover, maybe it is worth a try for people who actually deserves and needs attention…If you can’t beat them, join them. This is why I have chosen to mix the cruel reality with showbiz elements in my drawing.”
Truth be told she’s not actually making fun of Louis Vuttion, simply celebutantes dependence to Louis Vuitton. Well LVMH didn’t really say it that way and on Febuary 13th sent a cease and desist letter. Which in layman’s terms means ‘take that down before we sue your ass!’ However Plesner is sticking by her right to express herself as an artist. And as of April 15th a LVMH has brought lawsuit against her.
Support Nadia Plesner and her awesome t-shirts and posters.
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