Sledgehead Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 (edited) Some do it themselves: Kelly Obsbourne sporting Louis Vuiton's Room Clearer Others rope in the bf: Sarah Jessica Parker and beau Chris North go for the one trip option Others try to rope in the bf, but their partners are just too damn metrosexual: "Remember Vics, if anyone asks about the light fittin's, it weren't us." Others go for a team effort: "Lilly carries the furniture, I carry Lilly." Women; as if men would ever buy into anything so stupid. Now, where's my Filofax .... Edited March 9, 2008 by Sledgehead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Kelly Obsbourne sporting Louis Vuiton's Room Clearer I would vote for Louis Vuitton as the symbol of this easy-money boom. £1,200 for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsea13 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I would vote for Louis Vuitton as the symbol of this easy-money boom. £1,200 for that? You can perfect copies from China, at a fraction of the cost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrashingisles Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 You can perfect copies from China, at a fraction of the cost! Because they're made in the same factories? (You also see people walking around with some shockingly bad copies. The LV leather print is naff enough to start with.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehead Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 (edited) You can buy perfect copies from China, at a fraction of the cost! ... or at the dollar store: dollar store plaid nylon shopping bag ... the obvious "inspiration" for LV's "creation". I suppose it's supposed to be witty. Certainly makes a joke of anyone stumping up £1,200. Amusingly from the wepage of this image : Lauren : "I travel for work, and I am currently in El Paso. They are for sale at every place by the bridges to Mexico. Usually $1." Joan : "In my neighborhood, you can get them at laundromats. I see a lot of people - usually immigrants - carrying their laundry back and forth in them." and .. miranda : "Not sure about the furniture but the bags are from Louis Vuitton apparently." Yeah baby! Cheap-jack, illegals culture: that's class! Now sing along with me : "The King is in the altogether, the altogether, he's altogether naked as the day that he was born ..." Edited March 9, 2008 by Sledgehead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Sacks Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Never mind peak oil, what about peak intellect? If ever proof were needed...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyMe Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 LOL! Never seen that stuff before. (apart from 20 years ago that is). Where's the wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Cage Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 (edited) LOL!Never seen that stuff before. (apart from 20 years ago that is). Where's the wheels? Would make grocery shopping using public transport a lot easier. If it wouldn't be so embarrasing to been seen with one of those, I'd really like one with a fold down chair on front, which may well work. Edit: Edited March 9, 2008 by maxwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravity always wins Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Some do it themselves: Kelly Obsbourne sporting Louis Vuiton's Room Clearer Excuse my ignorance (which in this case is bliss) but those bags above aren't really over a grand are they? Please tell me its a joke and that these people aren't as thick as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessa kensington Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 (edited) Excuse my ignorance (which in this case is bliss) but those bags above aren't really over a grand are they? Please tell me its a joke and that these people aren't as thick as that. No, they exist. I've never actually ever seen one in the flesh though - I think they were a publicity release and given only to slebs. (Clearly not popular even when free, hence Kelly Osbourne, as opposed to someone at least B list, such as Lindsey Lohan). It undoubtedly worked on the publicity angle, but why on earth would you want your luxury brand associated with launderettes? If you haven't already offloaded your LVMH shares, I imagine Monday would be a good time to do so????? Edited March 9, 2008 by vanessa kensington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 So what do you put in these bags? They're so big that if you filled them up with anything reasonably dense (Krugerrands, for example), you wouldn't be able to carry them. Perhaps they're for carrying your BTL profits to the bank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsea13 Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Chinese saying: `Western company looking for cheap sweatshop labour always get bitten on ar$e` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravity always wins Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 No, they exist.I've never actually ever seen one in the flesh though - I think they were a publicity release and given only to slebs. (Clearly not popular even when free, hence Kelly Osbourne, as opposed to someone at least B list, such as Lindsey Lohan). It undoubtedly worked on the publicity angle, but why on earth would you want your luxury brand associated with launderettes? If you haven't already offloaded your LVMH shares, I imagine Monday would be a good time to do so????? Our "culture" is truly fu**ed up. Paying over a grand to have a bag that looks like it cost a quid is the ultimate in unproductive use of capital. I would of course never buy shares in any branded clothing organisation it has always seemed odd to me that people pay so much money to a clothing company to be a walking advert for them. Sooner or later people will wise up to this and that will be the end of these silly companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Allegro Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I heard that these 'designer' shysters made their real money not from £1200 bags, but from all the little 'affordable' bits and bobs like belts, wallets etc that bear the makers name and which the plebs can afford. The company has to heavily advertise the high-end crap, but not really to sell it - they do it in order to maintain their overhyped status for the plebs to buy into on a lower level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwing Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Excuse my ignorance (which in this case is bliss) but those bags above aren't really over a grand are they? Please tell me its a joke and that these people aren't as thick as that. Quite. And the holdalls will set you back a bob or two too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
council dweller Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Edit: Surely the perfect thing for bank runs !? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone_Twin Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I heard that these 'designer' shysters made their real money not from £1200 bags, but from all the little 'affordable' bits and bobs like belts, wallets etc that bear the makers name and which the plebs can afford. The company has to heavily advertise the high-end crap, but not really to sell it - they do it in order to maintain their overhyped status for the plebs to buy into on a lower level. Yup thats exactly how it works. . ST Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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