Word: vuitton
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TOKYO Louis Vuitton's Aoyama boutique has been selling out the new black version of the Dalmatian, below. Status worshippers are also filling up the waiting list for Hermes' new Twilly scarf, below
...queen Eve plays fashion designer Shelly Williams, who's searching for Mr. Right. Her look: Roberto Cavalli jeans, fitted denim jackets and Louis Vuitton's white Murakami. Also plenty of Stella McCartney, Dolce & Gabbana and DKNY as well as items from Eve's own line of urban casual wear. Fashion forecast: Carrie Bradshaw with bling...
...high fashion is a luxury earned through maturity. But in Tokyo, it's a birthright. Gaggles of young women live at home, piling up enormous disposable incomes that make them the one bright spot in an otherwise moribund economy. With even high-school girls able to afford a Louis Vuitton handbag, the cachet of haute couture is rapidly wearing off. "People in Japan no longer feel they have to prove they're rich by wearing expensive labels," says Takizawa, who himself rarely wears head-to-toe designer togs. "The whole ideology of fashion is becoming more inclusive...
...playing mixed doubles with the world of tennis. At the spring 2004 menswear shows in Milan last week, Gucci designer Tom Ford introduced a chic take on the tennis bag in crocodile and a Stan Smith-style sneaker with croc trim. At the menswear shows in Paris, meanwhile, Louis Vuitton featured tennis whites as a major theme. Over at Wimbledon, where tennis was actually being played, Venus Williams was serving up her new look on Centre Court: a Diane Von Furstenberg-designed Reebok tennis dress with corsetlike lacing up the back. Anna Sui's current line includes "a tennis dress...
...parachute, I will make my landing back in Japan ... 3. Back overseas, into the fray." So how far does he think he has progressed in his quest? Murakami relaxes for a moment, looks around and grins, as if he's got a secret. "I think that Louis Vuitton is a big part of accomplishing No. 2. What I would like to do now is break down the barrier between high and low art in the West." How he plans to accomplish No. 3 is not exactly clear. There are those traditional motifs he's working on, such as calligraphy...