IN TODAY'S FASHION NEWS:
Fashion Bandits? Louis Vuitton Bags Stolen From Paris Airport!
Fashion Bandits? Louis Vuitton Bags Stolen From Paris Airport!
Hat Tip Karl Extravaganza!
Europe has turned into the wild, wild west!
It was only a little over a week ago when designer Marc Jacobs had his entire
Spring 2012 collection stolen off of a train in London and now masked bandits
have made off with close to a half million dollars in Louis Vuitton bags!
According to Women’s Wear Daily, five masked bandits over powered four airport
employees and a security guard at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport making off
with about $ 400,760 worth of designer goods. The suspects are still on the
loose and no other details are available at the moment.
Looks like there are going
to be some angry, Speedy-less women in the world this holiday season. Something
tells me that these two heists are definitely related, designers beware!
Also thieves beware as you
may not know! All designer pieces have serial tags and can be easily
identified!
ALSO.....................................
Dolce and Gabbana Wanted for Tax Evasion
Design House Dolce and Gabbana are accused of dodging millions in taxes.
Dolce & Gabbana aren’t going to have a very relaxing holiday season. The duo had been accused last year of tax evasion for failing to declare more than $1.1 billion in sales, but in April, all charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence. Well, they better get their lawyers back on board, because that decision was overturned by a higher court in Italy and the case has been re-opened, WWD is reporting.
The reasons the case was re-opened won’t be revealed until January after the holidays, but a legal source told WWD, “I assume the Supreme Court believes the judge’s decision to clear the designers was tainted by a legal flaw, a defective motivation or an error in the application of the law.”
Or perhaps it’s because the Italian government is a bunch of “thieves.” At least that was Stefano Gabbana’s opinion. The designer took to his Twitter account (always ill-advised when you’re facing legal action) to voice his anger at the Italian government: “Thieves!!! They don’t know what to do to get money out of us.” It turned into a political debate (Italians pay about 50% in taxes and many tweeters were annoyed at the designers for not allegedly paying their share.) It all culminated with Gabbana threatening to leave Italy. Some of the tweets were subsequently erased, but it appears the the design duo will continue to proclaim their innocence.
ALSO.....................................
Dolce and Gabbana Wanted for Tax Evasion
Dolce & Gabbana aren’t going to have a very relaxing holiday season. The duo had been accused last year of tax evasion for failing to declare more than $1.1 billion in sales, but in April, all charges were dropped due to a lack of evidence. Well, they better get their lawyers back on board, because that decision was overturned by a higher court in Italy and the case has been re-opened, WWD is reporting.
The reasons the case was re-opened won’t be revealed until January after the holidays, but a legal source told WWD, “I assume the Supreme Court believes the judge’s decision to clear the designers was tainted by a legal flaw, a defective motivation or an error in the application of the law.”
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