Edited by Rebecca Alexander
First there was the $11 wallet, now the $22 shoes…what’s next? $44 bag! Do you all see the pattern?
Found on Ebay, these shoes were originally $645, now are a mere $102. But are they wearable? Some might think that these are quite ironic, but I must agree with AlwaysInStyle, “people would stoop down to pick up what they thought was a windfall.”
What do you guys think?
Thanks NY Mag for pointing this out
Edited by Lauren Garroni
Hey did you catch the Anna Wintour painting at Fashion Week by artist Geoffrey Raymond?
Here’s the before:
Raymond said of the work:
“I usually paint Wall Street movers and shakers, but I’m having a Fashion Week moment and have been gathering annotations on my portrait of Anna Wintour outside Bryant Park this week. Interesting the amount of people who obviously want to write something but aren’t comfortable doing so. Meanwhile, a man from Vogue dropped by and said, “Anna’s not going to like this.” I told him I didn’t understand why not—the painting is relatively flattering and most of the comments are nice enough. He just shook his head.”
And here is the end result:
Comments included:
—”Love you or hate you, they all have an opinion of you. Own it!”
—”You look great without the sunglasses”
—”Hi Anna—I want a pass to the Vogue party”
—”All is fair in love and war”
—”I think the table of contents should be at the front of the magazine. Who’s got time?”
—”Enjoy the moment ’cause that’s how it is. Aliona Doletskaya will eat your lunch.”
—”Scaaary!!”
—”Relax Anna. Don’t be too serious!!”
Like the work? It could be yours starting at $3,500! The artist is selling the Wintour work on Ebay! You may want to hurry up, the sale ends on Saturday at 11 am.
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Edited by Rebecca Alexander
For those of you addicted to Marc Jacobs and condoms ( we know you’re out there) then this is the product for you. Ebay is auctioning off a limited edition “100% authentic” condom with a special message from the man himself: “REMEMBER, SAFETY FIRST! XXOO, MARC JACOBS.” The auction ends on August 11 so get yours asap!
Edited by Rebecca Alexander
Louis Vuitton won yet another victory yesterday in its never-ending trademark-protection crusade, this time against Sony BMG. In a legal dispute just slightly more glamorous than LVMH’s recent ones with eBay, Sony BMG has agreed to pay Louis Vuitton 100,000 euros, or $155,830. Louis Vuitton got upset with the music giant because they used its Toile Monogram and Multicolore trademarks in music videos and on CDs by Britney Spears, Ruben Studdard, and Da Brat.
For example, in her “Do Something’” video, Britney appears driving through the clouds with her sexy girl entourage* in a pink hummer with a pink dashboard embossed with Louis Vuitton’s signature pattern (which flashes on the screen for literally less than a second).What makes the LVMH legal team seem even more spectacular is they’ve already won $240,000 in the Spears and Da Brat cases over the last five years. These guys are seriously cracking down on copywriting, good for them!!!
Thanks NY Mag for the info.
Edited by Rebecca Alexander
We know that the ‘all black’ issue of Italian Vogue was a hit. But does anyone really want to spend $45 on ebay to buy a copy? After it’s initial release, Vogue Italia rushed to reprint 30,000 extra copies for American newsstands, another 10,000 for Britain and 20,000 more in Italy. Now the folks that bought it think they can make bank by reselling them. Why is everything about $?
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Hermès International scored a court victory Wednesday against eBay for selling counterfeit luxury goods.
Quoting a judgment from France’s Tribunal de Grande Instance in Troyes, Hermès said eBay, plus the individual seller, had “committed acts of counterfeit” and “prejudice” against it by failing to monitor the authenticity of goods being sold on its Web site.
In a verdict billed as a first in France, it is understood eBay was ordered to pay 20,000 euros, or $31,058 at current exchange, in damages, though Hermès declined to confirm the amount.
In a statement, Hermès said the win marks “an important step in the fight against counterfeiting.”
EBay said it takes counterfeiting seriously and since the Hermès case was brought has put new procedures in place to fight it by more closely scrutinizing sellers.
Europe’s luxury players are becoming increasingly vigilant in the fight against fakes.
As reported, Christian Dior was awarded 150,000 euros, or around $230,000, in damages last April when it won a case against the French budget jewelry chain Camille & Lucie for peddling a style resembling the floral Diorette ring.
Source: WWD
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Not everyone can be Dr. Cliff Huxtable, the quick-with-a-quip dad that Bill Cosby played on TV for eight years. But for the right price, you could dress just like him this Father’s Day.
Cosby’s daughter, Evin, said her mother and father were cleaning out a closet recently when they came across a batch of the sweaters her dad wore when he played Huxtable on NBC’s The Cosby Show from 1984 to 1992.
“I pounced on these sweaters,” she said Thursday, adding she figured they could help a charity named for her brother, Ennis, raise a substantial amount of money.
Now three of them are going up for sale on eBay, with the proceeds earmarked for the Hello Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation.
The nonprofit organization, which raises money to benefit educational programs, is named in honor of Cosby’s only son, who was about to begin his doctoral studies when he was murdered in Los Angeles in 1997.
The auction is scheduled for June 2-12, with minimum bids set at $5,000.
“The price of what some of these sweaters might sell for could make a big difference in the lives of thousands of children,” said Evin Cosby.
Source: USA Today
Unfortunately, the update is that none of these sweaters have been bit on, not event the minimum asking price. Let’s see what happens tomorrow, it is for a good cause.
