Someone at Barnes and Noble is a very big Louis Vuitton fan.
In fact, they’re such big fans that they’ve been waiting for almost four years to copy Louis Vuitton’s Resort 05 Globe Shopper Cabas tote bag.
The bookstore calls their khaki and forest green canvas version “The World’s Best Bookbag,” which is a more appropriate name, and tilts their inner square at an angle.
Other than that, they’ve placed zippers in the right places, made sure the handle has two colors, thrown buckles and rivets onto each side and included their address and birthday a la Vuitton.
They’ve even included a lifetime guarantee, which is so much more luxury leather brand than bookstore.
Overall, a pretty good and totally unnecessary rip-off.
posted by stephyfigz
Jan 13, 2009 12:22PM
where does britt aboutaleb get her info? her post is very accusatory of b&n, outright alleging that the bookstore has been intentionally brainstorming how to rip-off louis vuitton.
with all due respect, i don't think that the b&n bag is a rip off at all. i'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that their bag was not an intentional copy of a louis tote that wasn't necessarily ingenious in the first place. it's an old school looking canvas tote for crying out loud.
and really, b&n has been selling that tote for at least 6 months if not an entire year already. i'm curious why it's being posted now, and not when it came it out. thanks!