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Article: Luxury for a hard-working fabric; As Louis Vuitton's new denim collection hits London, its creator Marc Jacobs talks exclusively about bags, the Beckhams and loving Kate.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 19, 2005
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Byline: LAURA CRAIK
LOUIS Vuitton's smart, sleek, minimal HQ is not the best place to recover from a journey with a foul-smelling (and even fouler-mouthed) Parisian cabbie. Entering Marc Jacobs's corner office, you want to feel clean and serene.
The first thing you see is not a toile, a mood board or a sketch book, but an industrial-sized quantity of Chloraseptic.
The second thing you see is an industrial-sized quantity of Marlboro Lights. A framed photograph of Kate Moss hangs on the wall.
Earlier this year, Jacobs signed a new 10-year contract with LVMH which will see him performing more of the same magic that transformed a ...