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.

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 ...

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