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Tuesday 14 Sep, 2010FASHION
Designer Tattoos
Louis Vuitton InkLuxury brand loyalty reaches a whole new level with the branded temporary tattoos craze. Chanel started the trend in January 2010 and now Louis Vuitton has joined the ink game.
Louis Vuitton’s new neck tattoo features the signature Vuitton monogram, it was designed by New York artist Scott Campbell, who Marc Jacobs recruited especially for the collection. The tattoos and customized leather bags premiered at the brand’s Spring 2011 menswear fashion show.

Artist Scott Campbells Neck tattoos - LV spring '11 menswear show. images from elitechoice.com

Customized Leather bags - LV spring '11 menswear show.

Chanel started start the Craze when they launched Les Trompe L’Oeil de Chanel Temporary Skin Art, a line of temporary tattoos based on designs created by Peter Philips for the Paris Runway Show for Spring 2010.

On a stranger note - Belgian conceptual artist Wim Delvoye, exhibits pigs tattooed with Louis Vuitton logos, title "Art Farm" at Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair - read more about this oddity





























