(Jamie Snow & Brooklyn’s Marty Markowitz)

In all fairness, it’s probably mean to pick on Jamie Snow for snagging 8 Murakami placemats at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn Ball as Radaronline reported. I mean, she surely wasn’t the only one gunning for the amazing freebies.  And you’ve got to hand it to her for owning up to it (from the New York Daily News):

“It’s a little true,” Markowitz laughed Sunday when asked about an item on RadarOnline.com that painted her as a tad greedy.”

(Jamie, if you’re reading this- we can fix this little PR nightmare for you. Read our offer at the end of this blog!!!)

A similar issue came up at the MOCA Preview (from Men’s Vogue):

“Tucking into plates of chilled cucumber, bigeye tuna sashimi, and seared beef rib eye with shiitake mushrooms, 1,000 dinner guests chatter about whether or not the Murakami technicolor fiberglass place mats under each table are free for the taking. As it turns out, the answer is yes, and by the end of the meal, the room has become an all-out swag grab, with scavengers running between tables and bickering over stray place mats. (Some want them for themselves, some want them for eBay, and a few, no doubt, want them as very pretty coke mirrors.)”

But then again… I can see how they’d be tempting. I mean just take a look:

(Joe Fornabaio for The New York Times)

I mean these are great looking as place mats OR as little works of art!  And, “Everyone’s doing it!”:

( Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn from WWD)

(Joanne Factor, photo: New York Social Diary)

(Stellan Holm, photo: New York Social Diary)

And eight? Sounds like a place setting to me!

I personally like the MOCA placemats better.

(From the Pharell’s BBC Blog)

What do you think???

*** Hey Jamie… you obviously can’t keep these placemats now- and to sell them and keep the money would be just scandalous. Why don’t you send them to us? We’ll set up a charity auction for you, donating the proceeds of your auction plus OUR regular consignment fee to the charity of your choice. Send me an email at sarah@fashionphile.com

It’s win win!

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(picture via WWD)

Does Louis Vuitton’s Monogramouflage look familiar? My first thought upon seeing it was “Bape”! But really, this pop camo really has just been done before- I mean, think Tomoaki “Nigo” Nagao’s Bape Camo (A Bathing Ape), or Pharell William’s Billionaire Boy’s Club camo. Take a look:

(Bathing Ape Camo)

(BBC Camo)

(Murakami Monogramouflage)

I mean, are you following me?

Don’t get me wrong. Both Bape and BBC are great companies. And clearly, the founders of both are friends and contemporaries with Murakami- so perhaps this influenced him?

(Murakami, BBC’s Williams & Bape’s Nigo from the BBC Blog on the Murakami MOCA Preview Show)

Don’t get me wrong… as I blogged about a couple weeks ago- Murakami has a history in Camo.  And I guess, everyone else is doing camo- so why not! What do you think?

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Besides the Dodgers?

This should be any easy one for you if you read my blog:) By April, they’ll have both hosted the @Murakami exhibit.

It was at LA’s MOCA till just a couple weeks ago… and will be at Brooklyn Museum from April 5 to July 13.

There’s going to be a huge bash (like the one before MOCAs launch) on April 3 with Kanye West & Jay Z performing.

Love this quote from Fashion Week Daily:

“What’s more, the Louis Vuitton brand, which made retail history with its first-ever pop-up shop within MOCA to herald the exhibit, plans on installing a similar concept at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. “I will be introducing new characters,” Murakami promised”

See you there?

If you want to get in the mood… we’ve got some really cool authentic pre-owned Louis Vuitton Murakami stuff listed right now. A gorgeous white (with a ton of pinks and purples right up front) Louis Vuitton Multicolore Murakami Speedy 30 and a matching heart shaped coin purse listed on eBay right now…

Or a Black Louis Vuitton Multicolore Speedy and a matching black Louis Vuitton Multicolore Keepall 45 listed here on our website. If you want a Murakami piece for less than retail… you’ve come to the right place!!!

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