Word: vuitton
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...town Air Force Ones that I had custom outfitted with Gucci material on the toe and swoosh. I’d be shocked if anyone at Harvard even knows what Iceberg is, or once took the trouble to have their Timbs or Forces outfitted with Gucci, or even Louis Vuitton print. For two years in high school, I sold Gucci and LV outfitted shoes—sometimes to kids on my older brother’s basketball team, and sometimes to the suspected drug dealers living around the edges of Hyde Park. I had revenues in the five figures...
...luxury items, from porcelain to purses. The figurines were used as table decorations at lavish Baroque banquets and festivals and created an atmosphere of luxury, which Valerie Steele, from The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, likened to the feeling one gets today when walking into a Louis Vuitton store. “Part of the luxury experience is going to the store and admiring the architecture,” Steele says. “Modern luxury is an aura of excellence.” In the 18th century, these porcelain centerpieces often depicted miniature versions of the gardens...
Over in the printing factory, most of Ratti's fabrics are printed by the silkscreen method, which employs a template system. The more colors a print has, the more screens are needed (a Louis Vuitton scarf covered in tiny flowers requires 24). There is now also the more compact and modern inject-printing system, in which the image is printed directly from the computer. "It's less expensive for a few meters, but more expensive when printing a serious amount," says Vincenzo Cucinella, who manages production...
...homeless to avoid police detection, although options are often limited. "I thought about disguising myself as a passenger, but I have a bit of what you might call a luggage issue," 65-year-old Joseph explains, pointing to a shopping cart of bulging plastic bags. "They are hardly Louis Vuitton...
...Louis Vuitton metallic plate with lacquered-matte-finish Faces cuff ($605, louisvuitton.com...