Louis Vuitton's coronavirus-inspired face shield to sell for just under $1G
By: Jeanette Settembre (Fox News)
Stylish, practical, and a bargain, too. But does it include a windshield wiper?
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Louis Vuitton wants fashionistas to fend off the virus in style.
The fashion house is launching a plastic face shield stamped with its signature LV print for those with $961 to splurge on the luxury personal protective equipment, the New York Post reported.
Louis Vuitton is debuting a gold-studded face shield next month. (Louis Vuitton)
The coronavirus-fighting couture made to curb the exposure to potential contaminants is constructed with hard plastic that flips up like a visor, and is adorned with a monogrammed LV elastic head strap. The shield will also transition from dark to light depending on brightness.
It didn't take long for face masks and PPE to become a fashion statement and status symbol when the virus became widespread in March. LV is just one of the latest designers to take PPE and make it luxury.
Italian label Fendi sells an anti-pollution face mask that's been worn by stars like Bella Hadid, while Gucci debuted a similar monogrammed print of its own. And Burberry in August said it would start selling $120 face masks in its plaid print, donating 20% to coronavirus relief. A $4,000 gold face mask, meanwhile, was made custom for a man in India.
Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Armani and a number of designers like Christian Siriano began making PPE early into the pandemic in March and April amid nationwide shortages.
And while face masks provide a safe way to curb the potential spread of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says regarding face shields that their "effectiveness is unknown at this time."
The LV face shields go on sale Oct. 30 at select retail brands as part of the French fashion house's 2021 Cruise Collection.
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You can't blame them for selling this crap as long as morons are willing to buy it. As far as the Stars who always wear this stuff they're not going to tell you but they get it for free and are paid every time they get photographed wearing this crap or mention the designers name. Stars don't pay for anything anymore and they don't do anything for free so if they're not promoting their own brands they're promoting someone else's. Even in the movies or on tv you don't see a name brand that hasn't paid for the placement.
People will buy it. There are a lot of people with excess cash who have to have anything with LV on it.
Leave it to comedian Steve Martin to design a much less expensive Covid fashion statement!