Nadia PLesner's Simple Living T-Shirt design

The news about Nadia Plesner and her on going battle with Louis Vuitton since February of this year first caught my attention about two weeks ago. My partner, David Balmain, mentioned in one of our conversations about the artist who designed a shirt to raise money for charity but is now being sued by Louis Vuitton. My interest was piquied and a few moments of googling lead me to details about the lawsuit.

This event raised strong emotions inside me. I was fuming at the idea of a collosal giant picking on someone whose main intention, was not of her own self interest, but the interest of the innocent affected by the genocide in Darfur

Such is the power of art…

Update June 4 2008: (read on Ms. Plesner’s website-) “I have agreed with LV’s lawyers to stop commenting on the case and to cease the sales of Simple Living products while we are working towards a solution. ”

Update June 17 2008: Ms Plesner has decided to remove the bag from her design. She’s chosen to keep Darfur her focus and not get side swept into a battle with LV. She will continue to try to raise money for the campaign by creating new designs to be released soon.