Darfur T-Shirt Versus Louis Vuitton

Have you heard of Nadia Plesner? She is running a near one-woman campaign to raise awareness and charitable contributions for the Darfur situation. She’s an art student, she’s 26, and she doesn’t have the legal clout that a worldwide fashion brand can afford. The point is Nadia is selling her t-shirts at no profit, all of the money she receives goes towards helping the people of Darfur. Yet Louis Vuitton don’t see it like that

Deep down I’m sure it’s more likely the potential damage to their branding their fretting about, the whole idea of the design is to focus our attention on the fripperies of modern life, the stark comparison between getting anything you want and dying for lack of what you need. Read more