the countdown starts now

YIPEEE!!!!!

snapshots

bullseye?

i was checking out my blog statistics today and found out someone was searching Google with the following terms - suicide+wainwright+dido+blog+balenciaga - and there are no other exact matches besides mine. someone must've stumbled upon my little blog a while back but forgot to bookmark it. ;-)

the ultimate luxury gift for a worthy cause

11/12/07

Louis Vuitton has collaborated with London Times fashion editor Lisa Armstrong in designing this one-of-a-kind travel bag for the CLIC Sargent Foundation







named "The Ultimate Travel Bag", it is a customized Monogram Eole 50 roll aboard luggage trimmed in rich purple patent leather and embellished with the signature Inventeur plaque.







contained within is a set of specially designed pouches and compartments for clothes, shoes, toiletries, and even your laptop. it also includes an evening clutch and a travel blanket:









here's the story behind its creation written by Lisa Armstrong: <click>



the "Ultimate" is up for auction with the funds put towards the care and support of children suffering from cancer and their families.

for more information or if you are interested to place a bid for the silent auction online (reserve is £10,000 by the way) check out the CLIC Sargent website <click here>.



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> (no name)
kalowka the beauty. :-)
11 December 4:49 PM
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blown away

07/12/07


im not really a sneakers-and-tee kinda guy. though i do own a few pairs, i’ve never really gone loco over this type of casual footwear. not until these came out a couple of months ago:




named after the Greek god of the west wind, they are the Zephyr sneakers in calfskin and buffalo leather. my first sighting was when the lovely Chuvaness posted her photos from the LV press launch she attended in Vietnam last May:




the moment i saw this photo, i knew right away that i had to have them. i really love the retro bowling shoe style, but it is the colour combination of cocoa and ultramarine that i like best about them...




...and they will look even better when the vachetta leather "V" on the sides gain that signature caramel patina. plus, they are very comfortable to wear too - a gentle breeze indeed! i must say, LV footwear are the only ones i never have to break-in.

here's a photo of my two newest additions and current faves:




don't they just look good together? i think they're a perfect complement to each other. im absolutely nuts about them.




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> deLuxeDuck
hi Allan. i keep the straps in the bag for most of the time. but i like to have that hands-free option when i need it. i will be featuring my Utah Doctor's bag soon. but i have selected a different one to feature this month. hang in there. for now, you can work out the bag's proportions in from this entry: http://deluxeduck.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BC97BC284A007FF!354.trak
08 December 2:32 PM
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>(no name)
the comment above is from me, Allan (http://ofaj.blogspot.com). Clearly, I need to edit my spaces page so that my name would appear.
08 December 1:21 PM
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>(no name)
ay ang ganda! shet. I want those too!
I hate you! Hahahaha
P.S.
I just learned how to comment. If I knew how to comment before, I would've said something about that Kiowa tote bag. By the way, have you blogged about your Doctor's bag? I want to see how big it really is and what the inside looks like.
P.P.S.
You don't use the straps of the vertical bag, no?
08 December 1:19 PM
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I spy with my little eye.... or maybe not?

24/12/07

the new Kiowa Cabas in Utah leather:


me want! me want! me want


UPDATE (29 Nov): i just saw this photo and it kinda dampened my excitement a bit:

maybe it is the way the model held it that somehow turned me off slightly. plus it appears smaller than i thought. i was hoping it would be larger or oversized. i'll keep an open mind about it until i see it in real life.

recommended viewing

i must admit, im too cheap to pay the additional €44.00 shipping fee to Australia. so i waited until my parents were in Paris to buy it for me. and here it is:




from the jacket:

"The documentary looks at designer Marc Jacobs and his career as creative director at Louis Vuitton. The DVD contains more than an hour of bonus footages from a party in NYC, to a Marc Jacobs press conference in Tokyo. It also provides an insight in to the working process of designing goods for Louis Vuitton."


i highly recommend it to every LV lover out there. i gained further respect and admiration - not to mention understanding - of Marc Jacob's creative process. im so pleased to know out that he's such a nice, down-to-earth, normal guy. you can see it in how he interacts with his design team in New York and Paris and even with the press. not once did i sense any prima donna attitude. i also urge LV "unbelievers" to go watch this documentary too.


available to order online at Colette. go get your copy NOW!

"The Darjeeling Ltd." the Duck's must-see movie for 2007

27/09/07

i've never been this excited about a movie since the release of "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou". "The Darjeeling Ltd." is director Wes Anderson's latest movie. he is by far my utmost favourite movie director. he also wrote and directed "The Royal Tenenbaums" and produced "The Squid and the Whale". these two and "The Life Aquatic" are three of my all-time favourite movies. i particularly love the quirky, retroesque, Wallpaper*-magazine-the-Tyler-Brulee-years look of his films. but what makes "Darjeeling" even more exciting (well, to me anyway) is the participation of a special cutom-made set of Louis Vuitton luggage and leather goods. Marc Jacobs - a good friend of Mr Anderson - specially designed a unique set of luggage in what appears to be Nomade leather hand painted with rather naïve drawings of jungle animals by Anderon's brother Eric. here is a photo of the luggage:




here they are in a still shot from the movie:



these one-off luggages are currently on display at the LV flagship store in New York and will be later auctioned off for charity.



more information about the movie can be found HERE

i absolutely can't wait!!!!



Comments
>deLuxeDuck
rd1880 > i'd LOVE to own that Nil reporter bag on Jason Schwartzman. "9" is my favourite number. but it'll be too expensive i would think.
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>rd1880
Utterly fabulous! I wonder what they will go for at auction.
27 September 12:39 AM (http://rd1880.spaces.live.com/)

that time of the year is nigh

here's a sneak peek of LV's holiday window art display for 2007:




you can check out the details and more photos from this BLOG

thanks to the wonderful and fabulous Chuvaness for sharing. you're the best!

bag doppelgänger? i think not.

18/09/07

as i was browsing eBay last night, a particular auction stood out to me like never before. an eBay seller has taken photos from my blog to use for their auction!

check out the eBay auction HERE

here is my original entry: Feature Bag #9

i immediately asked them to take the photos out because
a) they're mine;
b) my bag is definitely NOT for sale
c) do we even know if there is a bag up for sale?

i was astounded with the nerve of the seller's reply asking me to provide the blog address to prove that it is indeed I who requested it. is that so you can pilfer some more in case prospective buyers wanted more detailed photos?

if you're reading this, yes it's ME and i want those photos taken out or i'll do all i can to have you banned from eBay for good.



good day.





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>(no name)
You might wanna let the bidders know that those aren't the pictures from the auction. It's already up to more than 2k.
27 September 8:10 AM

>renier again.
btw, my usrname is clearstatic if you ever want to pm me. :)
thanks!!!
19 September 6:06 AM
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>Renier
OH DUCK! how horrible! and just last month i was praising that same bag. i wonder if his is a fake. if its real the price is reasonable unlike the last seller that tried ripping me off. but i still find that i would prefer the mocha color. :( i called 2 weeks ago 866 vuitton and at first they said they didnt. by mistake last week i pressed redail and it dialed 866 vuitton. I curiously asked about the sacoche and they had the mm in a store some where in the states. but only one in this color. :/ i hope it doesnt sell out before i finish raising the money. im not that far. anyway, do you consider i should still get it? do you find yourself using it alot? i bought an abbesses thinking i was going to use it alot, but i havent. what do you think i should do?

please help.

ps. im addicted to TPF! lol

take care dear.
19 September 6:05 AM
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>HL
That's so inurbane. some one should come out to stop this kind of things!
strongly support u!
18 September 5:48 PM
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