Shit’s crazy in Shanghai

You already know we’re really into LV knock-offs, so we were fascinated with this NPR story about how 12 pigs were tattooed with LV logos and Disney characters but the pigs weren’t allowed in to the show so the artist designed a tatt for a guy and had the guy stand there and someone bought it, under the provision that he’ll cut the tattoo off when dude dies.

Wim Delvoye, the Belgian mastermind artist: Get the fuck over yourself. The guy had a say in this but–the poor pigs!

Louis Vitton = trash

The Louis Vitton trend has long been a mystery to me, even before the knock-offs were everywhere. I went to a wedding last year where the clearly disposable fans had little LV-esque patterns on them, which I thought was hilarious and intentional but maybe not.

Anyway Design You Trust has a great collection of photos of some of the knock-offs. And present company toting retahd totes? You’re included. Goes for the Coach pattern, too.

Random footnote: Don’t miss Design You Trust’s link to the video of a man born without any arms playing the Beatles’ Let It Be on guitar with his feet. Regrettably, it’s called “toe jam” but it’s really amazing and makes you feel like a whiny jerk.