Marc Jacobs’s Latest: The Boy From Ipanema?His name is Lorenzo Martone, he’s a Brazilian advertising executive based in New York, and they’ve been dating for several weeks. So long, porn stars!
Marc Jacobs Explains His Green SuitThe Internet is still full of articles about the Brooklyn Museum’s Takashi Murakami opening-night party even though it took place on Thursday. Allow us to contribute.
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Banana Republic Goes Monogram; More Murakami FussBanana Republic’s monogram adventure opens in the West Village today, Gwen Stefani makes even pricier handbags, and John Galliano’s minions do manual labor.
Louis Vuitton Makes Its Brooklyn Debut, Street-Vendor StyleAs a courageous statement against counterfeit handbags, real Louis Vuitton handbags and the new Monogramoflauge canvases will be sold on ten tables outside the Brooklyn Museum at the opening of the Takashi Murakami–Louis Vuitton exhibit tonight.
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Louis Vuitton’s ‘Monogramoflauge’ Revealed!The-much-fussed about “monogramoflauge” design by Marc Jacobs and Takashi Murakami makes its grand debut at the Brooklyn Museum tomorrow. Apparently that “oflauge” part was literal.
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Brooklyn Museum Previews Louis Vuitton StoreThe Brooklyn Museum has finally confirmed it will host a pop-up Louis Vuitton shop along with its Takashi Murakami exhibit starting next month.
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Louis Vuitton Going to Brooklyn: Hoax?Can you imagine finding Louis Vuitton bags for sale in Brooklyn? Like, the real kind? Well, we couldn’t either, hence our surprise and downright excitement to learn the monogrammed leather goods would be on sale in conjunction with the Takashi Murakami retrospective opening at the Brooklyn Museum April 5.
That’s Mister Mr. to YouTakashi Murakami has already spawned multiple editions of just about every object imaginable — so it was only a matter of time before he spawned a candy-colored disciple too (or two, or, twenty, actually). Enter the first: Mr. (yes, just Mr.), a mysterious protégé and a product of Murakami’s “factory”-like Kaikai Kiki company-collective. Mr. wraps up his New York solo debut tomorrow at Lehmann Maupin. —Rachel Wolff