Louis Vuitton to sue t-shirt designer

DANISH art student Nadia Plesner, who is being sued by the fashion house Louis Vuitton for depicting its handbag on a T-shirt, says her design has got more people talking about the Darfur conflict than she ever thought.

Plesner, one of a group of designers who are trying to raise awareness of the violence in Sudan’s Darfur region, created an image of a child victim of the conflict holding a tiny dog and a trademark patterned Louis Vuitton handbag.

“Everyone knows the image of a small starving black child. We have seen it so many times now, but it doesn’t work anymore,” said the 26-year-old.