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Louis Vuitton: Mikhail

Louis Vuitton: Mikhail
Your rating: None Average: 5.7 (25 votes)

A journey brings us face to face with ourselves.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather
Photographer: Annie Leibovitz
via: Ad Sneeze

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Pienter's picture 754 pencils

yawn

everartz's picture 6428 pencils

whats this campaign saying? or just teasing people?

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soulbearer's picture 200 pencils

it's appealing to make a journey.....a travel........anything.....

saulius's picture 2 pencils

The man in the car is Michail Gorbachiov- the ex president of Soviet Union, and he's driving near Berlin Wall. Lots of nostalgy in this print. I like it

joelapompe's picture 1509 pencils

agency : Ogilvy & mather Paris, France

Charlie Pratt's picture 427 pencils

I love the shot of Gorbachev, but I hate, hate, hate that he's in an ad for Louis Vitton bags. Stupid. A powerful man, reduced to this. I suppose he was a capitalist at heart, after all.
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braindrain's picture 242 pencils

I saw this in a magazine and thought the same thing. To make some sort of connection between a superficial, overpriced piece of luggage and a key historic figure is ridiculous. It doesn't elevate the brand, it just makes a mockery of the man.

Guest's picture

this ad is for louis vuitton luggage and it makes no sense

Rachel.Mann's picture 452 pencils

For a second, I was like "Damn. Beautiful photography"

Then I realized it was Annie Leibovitz's work. Beautiful=default.

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circusfreakusa's picture 26 pencils

Isn't there some message about Russian spies dying or being tortured in this ad? I thought I read somewhere that the magazine in the bag kind of leaks some conspiracy theory. But yea, does Gorby just need some money? And did LV bags look like that in the late 80's and early 90's when the Berlin Wall was still up?

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