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If this happens again, know you have protection by Doctrine of First Sale. You are not claiming to be Louis Vuitton. You are not claiming your bags are official Louis Vuitton. You are using *materials* from old Louis Vuitton products. This is the same as someone taking old pokemon cards and making them into a wallet or art. The license for the IP/design is paid when the product is first bought from the original company.

Seen something like this on the NY Post

You should have told them, so you are telling me you put fake LV fabrics in your bags?

Blockbuster.......

I would still be careful, if you keep selling their stuff they will snoop into things like your taxes and if for example in 2018 you forgot to write off a sandwich from subway, their lawyers will send that to the IRS, that’s how big companies punish people for doing totally legal things that they don’t like, it’s just how it works

Stick it to the man ...

NEVER COOPERATE with scammers!

For some reason I really like the look of those leather washers on the inside. Just the tiniest subtlest little thing.

This wasn't about counterfeiting. It was about intimidating anyone whom they see as competition. And the gall to send someone to your cottage demanding to search your cottage and confiscate your materials. You were way too nice. I would have told her to leave immediately before I called the police for trespassing and told her to shove her letter where the sun doesn't shine..

Hearing all of this makes me appreciate even more that you and others up cycle their bags! ❤😂❤

After starting leather crafting only 8 months ago, and watching all of your videos, I have realized that the people I know are more interested in what I make than luxury brands. I am making simple totes with added features that my friends want, that they cannot purchase from a retailer. The goods that I produce are hand cut, hand stitched, and hand finished; they have flaws but are ridiculously durable and made with passion. I thank you for your ramblings about luxury and I preach the same to others whenever they will listen. I wish you a very good day and thank you for your time and knowledge.

> When you sell the bag, you no longer own the bag. I think Apple objects to this idea 🤣

Love this kind of video style, where you talk over something while working!

Good for you mate! Screw LV, it is a brand for wealthy rubes. Upcycling their crap into something beautiful is ART. I would never ever be seen with their logo however, history or not.

In the vast majority of this kind of thing, the general outcome is the supposed counterfeiter gets a "cease and desist" letter from LV (Or Coach or Disney or other big bully corp.) threatening legal action if you don't quit. The truth of the matter is virtually ALL of the counterfeit luxury bags are sourced in China and smuggled in mixed with non-luxury bag shipments. The Chinese simply do not recognize Intellectual property or trademark/copyrights UNLESS the company has a business in China. Even then enforcement could be generously characterized as "extremely lax" as it's practically routine that the inspectors are all "on the take" to turn a blind eye to the export of such things. (It's a valid question how much the official CCP makes from this, as at this point it's less a Communist government as it is a kleptocracy, but that's neither here nor there.)

They should just give you a job..

Your craftsmanship is better and higher quality that many lux brands that mass produce their products. I’d be way more happy to buy from you than from them.

In the context of both your interpretation and the world of consumer goods, "Luxury" can be distilled down to this: when presented with two or more options to a choice, you have the ability to choose. most often, the chosen option is the one with "more", be that cost, options, recognition, or quality. unfortunately, the majority of the time, "luxury goods" aren't chosen for their own merits, but rather for the perception those merits cast onto the owner. This topic then is relevant to your previous video regarding counterfeits, which only convey the appearance of being able to choose.

Amazing… truly

Super smooth , nice story

I dont get it. You clearly make an excellent product, and then place someones elses logo on it? I realise you can, and agree LV have no right to stop you, but why would you even want to?

Louis Vuitton as a whole can suck a big one

love this subbed

I’ll buy the bag record me buying it and destroy it while I record it and make naughty things with them and sell them to people

We love upcycling 🥰

Wayyy over your head there, Louis.

"Interesting. Quite the fraud department there." 😂😂

repurposing is different from counterfeiting

I swear you need to out a tool list on all your videos. What on earth is that small strap cutter?!?! It's so diddy and cute!

I thought you watched my video. Is what I would have said.

Louis Vuitton needs to get the stick out of their butt. It is just fabric.

Luxury to me means quality materials, R&D, process, care and skilled labor. A lot of time goes into those things, which is our most valuable commodity.

it doesn't have anything to do with leather but in barcelona there is a brand called vaho . they recycle bicycle tyres and vinyl advertising . to make wallets , backpacks and more . every item is unique .

Great work, thank you for sharing your skill along with your "words of wisdom"

This should be in the news

I dont think the hard part of leather working is doing the actual work - Its affording the "LEATHER" along with the many tools needed . . . ......

вот им вместо наезда, нужно вас взять дизайнером бренда, новый взгляд на старые вещи.

Это очень интересные мысли, спасибо за тему для раздумий)

Nice work... and LV can piss off

if i use the likeness of a prime minister or famous doctur to promote a product. hmmm. isk bout dat. it happens tho.

Your items look way better than the LV stuff. What a joke that they can't tell the difference between real and fake materials. They wanted you to contact them and didn't even leave a phone number? It does appear this superficial vane attempt at maintaining an appearance is the focus of their brand instead of actual quality. I'll avoid buying anything new from them ever.

in the doons of the kape, you need a Loooueeee. V.

oooo nooo.

So I want to make sex toys out of their old fabric.

Great video and cool items!

I think the "plant-based" term is a way to get people to pay for an inferior product and make them feel good about it. If I see the term "vegan" or "plant-based" I pass on it.

Good for you, knowing the law and not letting them intimidate you. Keep it up.

Cool meditation. As AI and robotics become scarily dexterous IMHO objects, services even, that require and/or evince human hands and human motor skill with obviously high levels of training behind them will become more and more valuable. The skilled human touch will be luxury.

I agree with you 100%! So far I have refused to buy LV pieces, but if I saw one for cheap on 2nd hand market I would snag it. I think other brands are superior quality for a fraction of the cost. For example the Dooney & Bourke Florentine line line is made of 100% veg tanned leather from Italy for a fraction of the price of a LV canvas bag. Coach 1941 line is not a bad product for the price. They are not so expensive that I wouldn't modify them to meet my needs. You have great craftmanship. The brick door stop is way cool!! TFS

I do believe time is what luxury is. As one who makes bespoke costume items, there is more skill in something I and we do, than in any piece of wallet or handbag. We, being very just middle class, sent our kids to a high end private school, but i was making very high quality items for our kids, things the children of the very wealthy parents could not make - they either didnt have the time or skill, or both as it turns out. WHile they lived in big houses, and drove fancy cars, their friends wanted the coat they had, or the merch branded copy costume on book day I made myself. What parents didnt understand is that often these items took weeks each to make. There was a quality in these items that was not in the off the internet bought items. Yes - time is what makes something valuable.