From Gawker, a story close to my Brooklyn-born heart, literally. The Brooklyn Museum has been hosting the © MURAKAMI exhibit in which Louis Vuitton handbags designed by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami appear.
The exhibit also contains a fully functional Louis Vuitton store. Now, agent provacateur Filip Noterdaeme has decided to print flyers suggesting patrons ask for special discounts on all Murakiami-designed Louis Vuitton products. The flyers are fake - there is no discount.
What does this have to do with counterfeiting? Well... the Murakami exhibit opened this spring with actors pretending to hawk counterfeit Murakami Vittuons on a mock Canal Street set. The only different was that the bags "hawked" were real.
And what does all this prove? Maybe that conceptual art is over my head.
Check out the comments for some funny snark.
(Hat Tip: Counterfeit Chic)
Wednesday 9 July 2008
Wednesday 2 July 2008
Crime of Fashion
From the blog Fashion Intelligentsia, a writer laments her choice of internet vendors to purchase a Prada Phone only to find it was a fake. Having spent considerable money on this fake phone, the writer presses home the solid advice to talk with as many people as you can if you want to rectify a counterfeit purchase. After being initially stonewalled by the internet vendor of the phone she purchased, she contacted the Better Business Bureau, which helped pressure the vendor into a settlement.
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