First lady gets more love from fashion worldSource: msnbc.com
The Council of Fashion Designers of America will give Michelle Obama a special tribute in June. In addition, three designers she has been known to wear - Narciso Rodriguez, Jason Wu and Thakoon Panichgul - received CFDA award nominations.
Men's Fashion: Kanye West's Vuitton Kicks Source: The New York Times
Marc Jacobs and the Louis Vuitton men's studio director Paul Helbers have some design competition this season. Kanye West, who was sitting front row at the Vuitton show, has designed a line of five LV sneakers.
Britain's buggies march into battle against eBaySource: The Times
Auction website eBay is facing further challenges from brand-owners after popular buggy manufacturuers, Maclaren and Bugaboo, announced that they wish to put restrict new pushchairs being sold via eBay shops.
Ebay ordered to pay $63M in LVMH caseSource: Bloomberg.com
EBay Inc. was ordered by a French court to pay LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA almost 40 million euros ($63 million) over claims the Internet auctioneer didn't do enough to stop the sale of counterfeit goods.
eBay hit with £30m fine for sales of fake luxuriesSource: Guardian Unlimited
Auction website eBay has been ordered by a court in France to pay €40 million (£31.5 million) to the designer goods group that owns Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Givenchy, Kenzo and Guerlain for allowing fake bags, lipsticks and designer clothes to be sold on the site.
Gorbachev Louis Vuitton Ad Hides Sinister Secret Message Source: New York Magazine
Perhaps you've seen a memorable Louis Vuitton ad in the back of New York and other magazines: a pensive Mikhail Gorbachev being driven in a limo past the remains of the Berlin Wall, his only companion a trusty piece of LV luggage with some reading material sticking out.
Mo Dowd: Uxorious or Spurious? Source: The New York Times
Rudy was going to have to think fast to keep up with that. He kept it simple, selling himself as the Gotham crime fighter, "because, after all, if you don't have a reasonable degree of safety, you can't exercise your other rights: the right of free speech ...
Vietnam Develops Taste for Luxury GoodsSource: The L.A. Times
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam -- In a country whose peasant army once marched on flip-flops cut from old tires, Gucci beach sandals priced at $365 can come as a shock.
Status for sale: Losing Luxury to Elite ConsumerismSource:
When you have 18 year old kids driving around in 3 series BMWs, then all hope for the world is lost. Seriously, luxury means unobtainability as well as it does quality, which by that definition means only a small proportion of the population should have access to it.

It's truly an amazing world, to prove my point I'll relate to you how I acquired a press pass for Newsvine as a reporter to the America's Cup in Valencia Spain.
Luggage Store Directory Source: allsitessorted.com
I like this directory of luggage store websites. There are a lot of discounts that can be found.
Uma Thurman In Louis Vuitton AdvertisementsSource: -
Uma Thurman is the new model of Louis Vuitton Ads. The pictures look super hot imagine having a photo-shoot like that for prom or something! I must admit, I am not a huge fan of LV bags. I just can't see what other girls find so appealing about them.