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| Posted: | 17/5-2008 | Hi Nadia...
I can't help thinking that you Dafur illustration reminds me of an art piece I have by the Tanzanian artist, Lilanga. It might be of interest to you. I put pictures of the piece on Facebook... Best regards Iben
http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=12685622005&view=all |
| Name: | Iben |
| Country: | Denmark |
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| Posted: | 17/5-2008 | Sobre todo Libertad de Expresión, ese tipo gana millones y debe hacer algo por ayudar y no por chingar, además tu justificación del cartel es excelente sigue ayudando, mejor que demande a los chinos que realmente son con los que tiene más bajas en ventas...
saludos de www.iconomagazine.com
por el apoyo de los colegas... |
| Name: | Icono Magazine |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 17/5-2008 | NO TE DETENGAS, la Libertad de expresar TODO lo que es bueno y digno de enmarcar esta dentro de la habilidad y madures para de mejorar, y ser cada dia mejores.
En Darfur necesitan gente con el coraje y valor para ir a esos tierras olvidadas por los grandes conglomerados de la industria fribola. Y darles una mano de ayuda.
Si tanto les duele por que nunca antes, estas empresas fribolas an aportado algo para una causa justa. Por que ahora resulta que les incomoda tanto.
La verdad duele, pero cuando se entiende y se actua, no es mas que una pequeña cicatricéis que nos recuerda que algo hicimos mal, ya hora ya esta sanado.
Si ellos lloran tanto es por que les duele y no quieren hacer nada al respecto mas que llorar
De tu admirador y homologo en carrera
Jessé Méndez
( Diseñador gráfico e ilustrador )
Be Bless |
| Name: | DG. Jessé Méndez Glz |
| Country: | MÉXICO |
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| Posted: | 16/5-2008 | Is unbelievable than a person as Louis dont support this campaign... is more important for Mr. Vouitton the money or thousands of babies, childs and all people in Darfur?... What is more important? The life of a person or earn money with a brand?
This kind of situations really mustn be...
Shame on those who dont support this kind of campaigns.
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| Name: | Martha Guzmán Guerra |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 16/5-2008 | I believe that both letters were well written. While intellectual property rights are sometimes an impediment to our own goals and desires, I think there was probably room for both parties to collaborate and further to compromise.
I very much like the idea of having Louis Vutton perhaps in some way support your campaign to raise awareness in return for a quid pro quo of some sort.
Wouldn't it be better to relook at the artistic expressions of both parties and see if there is room for a little more separation?
best regards
Phil |
| Name: | Phil Wesel |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 16/5-2008 | Trabajo perfecto! Existe poca gente con tus ganas de defender lo que realmente necesita ser defendido, de atender lo que realmente necesita atención sin importar lo que despues venga...Se necesita mas gente como tu, y por supuesto mas diseñadores con conciencia social..
Gracias por dar el ejemplo...
BUU LV! |
| Name: | Carmen |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 16/5-2008 | ROCK ON! You already know...you're doing the right thing. |
| Name: | Kristen |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 16/5-2008 | |
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| Posted: | 16/5-2008 | Wow, intellectualy property rights my ass. What about human rights? LVMH priorities are disgusting |
| Name: | nyce |
| Country: | usa |
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| Posted: | 16/5-2008 | PREFIERO COMPRAR UNA PLAYERA PARA APOYAR A UNA NOBLE CAUSA QUE COMPRAR UNA BOLSA SUPER CARA QUE NO DEJA NINGUN BUEN BENEFICIO MAS QUE AUMENTAR EL EGO A OTROS. |
| Name: | Claudia Miranda |
| Country: | Nuevo Laredo,Tamaulipas,Mexico |
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| Posted: | 16/5-2008 | simplemente, tu trabajo ha sido algo exepcional! el diseño es buenísimo! |
| Name: | Sadao Aréchiga |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 16/5-2008 | Sigue adelante, tus motivos son honestos. Los demás...son basura. Tienen un cacahuate por cerebro. |
| Name: | Daniel D. Rivera |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 16/5-2008 | |
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| Posted: | 16/5-2008 | Estoy contigo :)
No te dejes vencer por una ideología errónea.
Un abrazo desde México. |
| Name: | Saul Escamilla |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 16/5-2008 | Keep fighting you are an example to us (graphic designers) it is a way to retrieve some to this crazy world...congratulations!
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| Name: | Jesús Ibarra |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 16/5-2008 |
You are a superstar!!!! and LV is art's enemy number ONE !!
Excelente trabajo, realmente lejos de ser algo negativo para ti, esto se ha vuelto algo totalmente positivo, y a LV el hecho de denunciar tu trabajo esta siendo totalmente contraproducente y el que se ve mucho peor es esa marca por poner un alto a la conciencia social y a tu trabajo, tu subes y te estas volviendo todo un icono y ellos se están viendo muy mal lejos de alimentar la marca la estan empobreciendo, recomendaria a LV que te apoyara para quitar su imagen negativa que se ha formado, felicidades por ti.
Muchos o la mayoría de los diseñadores te apoyamos
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| Name: | Abdiel González |
| Country: | MÉxico |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | Me gustó mucho tu planteamiento del problema y como lo focalizaste, es una propuesta muy muy de artista plástico . Sin embargo me pregunto ¿que harías tú si uno de tus diseños lo utilizará Paris Hilton y saliera en una portada de revista?. Louis Vuitton, que se dedica a hacer diseño, solo hace lo sabe hacer. Paris Hilton solo hace lo que sabe hacer. Felicidades por atreverte a denunciar estas atrocidades y paradojas de la sociedad contemporánea a través del diseño, sin embargo Louis Vuitton solo defiende (a través de sus medios corporativos) su trabajo, no se cuanto factures tu por tu trabajo al año, pero creo que se están exagerando con la demanda.
Conclusión: No hagas cosas buenas que parezcan malas, no uses un diseño de una marca poderosa sin medir las consecuencias que eso te puede traer y sigue defendiendo a la gente de Darfur. Y ve el lado positivo, ya te hiciste superfamosa, tanto como Paris Hilton y Louis Vuitton.
Y a los que lean esto, piensenlo dos veces cuando vaya a tomarse un café a un local verde donde los llamen por su nombre o cuando se coman una hamburguesa feliz en un local de colores con un payaso amarillo acompañados por una feliz bebida gaseosa (tambien feliz) y esa lana densela a alguna organización local que apoye causas sociales. Jeje, y si eres diseñador piensa, que quieres lograr con tu trabajo, vender? qué? una idea? un producto? un estilo de vida? una causa?
I speak English too, but I live in a global world, so, I prefer write in my lovely spanish.
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| Name: | Art Robles |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | hola!
saludos y todo el apoyo desde la ciudad de méxico; este es un ejemplo más de como los temas de conciencia social, aún tienen el poder de mover la conciencia de las sociedades, no sólo para comprar cosas...
gracias por hacernos recordar...
PD. VAS A GANAR!!!!! ñ_ñ |
| Name: | mariana cruz santiago |
| Country: | méxico |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | HOLA NADIA QUE BUENO QUE TODAVIA HAY DISEÑADORES CON MUCHA CONCIENCIA SOCIAL, NO DEJES QUE TE AMENACEN SOBRE TODO AQUELLOS QUE SIN PENZAR REALMENTE EN EL BIEN COMUN QUIEREN SEGUI SACANDO DINERO A QUIEN SE DEJE TE APOYO Y BUENA SUERTE |
| Name: | MARTIN ENRIQUE MARTINEZ |
| Country: | MEXICO |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | Hello Nadia. I´m a graphic designer as well.
I checked carefully your art with the dog and the bag and I didn´t see any reason for anybody to sue you. In that case they would sue you for what the graphics represent!!! So then Paris H. should sue you too!!!
In that case what the charges would be? To evidence to the world how stupidity and superficialism get our attention through the media???
Go ahead with your campaign! Most of us should learn from you to use our profession to comply our social responbality with the world. |
| Name: | Nohelia |
| Country: | Ecuador |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | Wonderful Nadia. You are so brave, smart and a special designer. Congratulations and succesful in your proyects. "Diseñadores del mundo, uníos" |
| Name: | Martín González |
| Country: | MÉXICO |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | Awesome design!! Don´t let LV stop your creativity... i´m a designer and this facts afect my career too.....
keep goin whit all you´re doing!! Believe me... all the designer world is behind you...
and for LV... a little expresion of my country... No la chinguen!! Ponganse a trabajar!! jajaja
Bye Bye |
| Name: | Ana Carranza |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | There is no bad publicity! Symbologie is a powerfull weapon. Who cares about "If that bag is or is not?" To me and many millions that bag represents the price some people pay to increase the bank accounts of same rich people and to increase the "pobery", misery and expections of the others. |
| Name: | Luis |
| Country: | Portugal |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | Maybe Campbell's soups should sue Andy Warhol's estate next. |
| Name: | Lauren Eve Pomerantz |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | Klaus, I am not connected to Louis Vuitton in any form. Actually I don't care for their products. I am just a single person expressing my point of view about Nadia's marketing techniques and how her dramma [which is far better than her design] is making t-shirts sell and giving her a reputation she wouldn't have had if it wasn't for LV. |
| Name: | John McCallister |
| Country: | UK |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | |
| Name: | anat kramer |
| Country: | israel |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | It looks like LV found your homepage. Guess there's no moral in the world of LV. |
| Name: | Klaus |
| Country: | Denmark |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | estoy muy impactada con tus ilustraciones y son muy buenas no muestran la otra cara de la moneda hay alguna forma de adquirir tu playera , o existe algun lugar en mexico en donde la pueda adquirir...
suerte ... y que sigas heciendo grandes proyectos por medio del diseño ..
yo soy diseñadora suerteeeeeee!!! |
| Name: | elba jimenez |
| Country: | queretaro mexico |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | Pretty one sided argument there Nadia. What if I would like to use the art displayed in your website to associate it with human tragedies? Wouldn't you get a little mad there? And what if I made money out of it while destroying your reputation? And what if your reputation has costed you millions and helps feeding working families too? You could've tried to do good without stepping on somebody else's back. Greetings. |
| Name: | John McCallister |
| Country: | UK |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | Nadia, buena estrategia de mercadeo. Te cayó muy bien que LV mordiera el anzuelo para las ventas ¿no? Me mata de risa ver como la gente mira las cosas en blanco y negro cuando de por medio está la ilustración de un niño hambriento. Claro que eso tú ya lo sabías. La ironía es que hubieras vendido prácticamente nada sin el ruido que provocó la acción de los que denuncias. |
| Name: | Ignacio Santisbón |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | Warren, she said **artistic** freedom. I really doubt that an expression of art could cause Darfur-type tragedies.
By the way, I posted a comment about this in my blog. Hope it helps. It is in Spanish though. http://hcreativos.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/14/lv-vs-darfur/ |
| Name: | Juan Carlos Hernandez |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | Es obvio que lo único que le interesa a LV es el dinero y no los problemas sociales.
Recibe mi apoyo desde México. ¡Gran trabajo, Nadia! |
| Name: | Alejandro Cabrera Ávila |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | In reference to your statement "I stand up for my artistic freedom to express my view of the world as I see it without restrictions from anybody."
Does that even extend to breaking the law? Or to harming others? "No", I would hope that you would reply. As long as there is rule of law, someone will restrict someone else. When there is no rule of law, but a rule of mre brutal power, then tragedies like Darfur come about. |
| Name: | Warren |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | LV isn't a bag, is an idea. The company have to understand that.
I like LV but i'm agree with you too. |
| Name: | Eneida Infanzón |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | APOYO TUS DISEÑO!!!! ES LA SIMPLE VERDAD DE LO QUE VIVIMOS TODOS LOS DIAS. |
| Name: | Miriam Melendez |
| Country: | VENEZUELA |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | Louis Vuitton es un "nombre" que se me quedará grabado por sus despreciables intenciones al demandarle.... |
| Name: | Evelin C. Merlos |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | I´m totally agree with you. I support you. Nobody can stop the real thruth, so you are brave and risky, congratulations!. Since Guanajuato, a place where life is worth nothing. Regards. |
| Name: | lili torres |
| Country: | mexico |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | Raise awareness! Well done Nadia, strong image, strong campaign. That's what we need: persons like you who create conscience about truly important things. Freedom of expression is not a right, it's an obligation. |
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| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | Dear Nadia, keep going with your campaign. I´m also a graphic designer that lives in México City and your story shock me because its absurde that nowdays we don´t have the right to express ourselves through graphic design. Also, the bag that carries your kid in your design "it seems to be like a Louis Vuitton bag" but we can´t be sure because the bag itself doesn´t have the brand in your design.
Keep going Nadia! Keep going!! |
| Name: | Pedro Ramírez |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | So the child is ok. Not the bag, remove the bag and keep the child.
How shallow can Louis Vuitton be and how stupid could their PR and Legal departments be to even try to make a case out of this?
To not foresee this this mistake is amateurish.
Some companies in the fashion industry should really keep in mind that their contribution to this world, while massive, is not in the primary needs for most of the world population. |
| Name: | Juan Carlos Hernandez |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 15/5-2008 | |
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| Posted: | 14/5-2008 | Dear Nadia, good luck, keep us informed.
LV, the world is changing. I´m very curious to see how are you going to handle this crises. You might win the lawsuit... after loosing much more. |
| Name: | Elizabeth Prado |
| Country: | Colombia |
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| Posted: | 14/5-2008 | Go on, you have the right to be inspired by whatever you see. They should be ashamed of having tried to stop you |
| Name: | Augusta |
| Country: | Italy |
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| Posted: | 14/5-2008 | I Love you idea!
Can I purchase a tee shirt?
I have been living in So CA for 5 years and
the women all carry designer bags, as if their live depended on it!
I can't take it anymore, so we are moving!
Keep it going!
Good luck!
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| Name: | Cynthia Ott |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 14/5-2008 | vamos,carajo!toda la mejor suerte. |
| Name: | muchos |
| Country: | perú |
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| Posted: | 14/5-2008 | You can so get away with paradoy... cause that is what it is. People screaming copyright infringement need to start screaming at political cartoonists who do the same thing everyday. I don't see the big deal. If "LV" wants to shoot themselves in the foot by deterring someone wanting to help others, then let them. They could have really save themselves some trouble by learning to laugh at their own ridiculousness. Stupid commercial corporations. SHAME ON THEM! |
| Name: | Grace |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 14/5-2008 | Estupendo !! Felicidades! Te apoyamos !! greets fron mexico city |
| Name: | jorge |
| Country: | mexico |
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| Posted: | 13/5-2008 | i really like what you are doing,just want to know where can i get the tee-shirt,thanks |
| Name: | ymade |
| Country: | france |
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| Posted: | 13/5-2008 | Team Nadia!!! You go girl!!! |
| Name: | Missy |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 13/5-2008 | Thank you for using your creativity to comment on such an important and powerful aspect of our international society. If your critics could see, the design is not at all about the LV bag or really about Paris Hilton, but rather the state of our priorities where high-end luxury and children made wealthy by birth receive more valuable attention than children in need of our help. I am ashamed that LV would attack you the way they have. It is not that luxury is bad, its just that we need to go through a reprioritization of what we give our much needed attention to. I applaud your efforts and I hope you win your case.
Best of luck,
Ayofemi
Charlotte, NC, USA |
| Name: | Ayofemi |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 13/5-2008 | The use of the LV bag is not art! This has NOTHING to do with your cause! You are cashing in on the same thing the gossip magazines are! Louis Vuitton is not trying to stop your cause! I hope LV wins! |
| Name: | Katie |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 13/5-2008 | Hej,
Bliv ved med at kæmp for din sag! For ved at kæmpe din sag kæmper du for millioner af mennesker verden over. Først og fremmest fattige og ramte i Dafur! Samtidig kæmper du for alle os der støtter dig. Bliv ved med at klø på! Håber det bedste, det er noget af en sag. Hvis den kunne vindes ville der virkelig blive rørt og pillet ved nogle ting verden over! Held og lykke! |
| Name: | Caroline |
| Country: | DK |
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| Posted: | 13/5-2008 | I happen to own more than 50 pieces of LV products. I have been a fan of their merchandise for the last few years. It saddens me that LV cannot differentiate between humanity and their own ":bottom line".
Currently i have a bag on order through my local LV salon, After reading this plight of Ms. Plesner, i will no longer have an interest in buying further product from LV, until this matter is resolved in the favor of Ms, Plesner. So if it turns out that that is not resolved in her favor.LV will have lost a long time customer in me!.
Share the wealth LV and then maybe your "bottom line" will not be so self serving!!!!!!! |
| Name: | Ger |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 13/5-2008 | Chihuahuas are not ugly dogs. People are ugly! I'm no longer supporting this cause. |
| Name: | Susan Stickney |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 13/5-2008 | Well done! Please keep going. I love the T-shirt. I understand that the poster has a fake LV, so what is the big deal? There are thousand of fake LV in the street. kids are been used to produce these (Glamour). We have to stop this!! |
| Name: | kela |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 13/5-2008 | As an artist myself, I care deeply and have always been very careful with copyright law (afterall, it is there to protect me). I personally don't think LV should do what they are doing. First of all, as stated in the reply, there is no 'LV' brand or logo or anything mentioned. It resembles LV design. YES. But the overall design resembles Paris Hilton too. Why doesn't she come forward too? or sue over the image of 'tinkerbell' there?
DO people buy the Shirt because there is a 'replica' of LV there? NO. People buy the shirt because of the deep and awakening irony and idea behind. |
| Name: | sie |
| Country: | uk |
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| Posted: | 13/5-2008 | Kære Nadia... Jeg håber du klare denne kamp. Den forekommer ikke let. Det ville være sundt, hvis du ka tage LV's anklager, som bevis på, at du har ramt en nerve i verden. En hård og pinefuld nerve, som der meget gerne må rokkes ved... men det er desværre ikke let, at være den der rokker.
Jeg håber du har en fornemmelse for hvor mange mennesker der står bag dig.
Jeg ønsker dig god vind.
Kærlig Hilsen Iben Djuraas |
| Name: | Iben |
| Country: | Denmark |
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| Posted: | 13/5-2008 | you are a hero, keep on doing what you do. it may seem difficult now, but you wont regrett it! I'm inspired! |
| Name: | andrea |
| Country: | sweden |
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| Posted: | 13/5-2008 | Well done for standing up to them. It's incredible a company would sue for something "like" it's products, and especially when it's for such a cause. They have too much concern for money, and not enough for humanity.
Well done. |
| Name: | John |
| Country: | Scotland |
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| Posted: | 13/5-2008 | Continue,ce que tu fais c'est un combat merveilleux!!!
Je ferai tout pour avoir ton t-shirt Nadia!!!
Go Nadia,You Are The Best!!!!!!!! |
| Name: | Abdel |
| Country: | France |
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| Posted: | 12/5-2008 | Wow, You've got people from all over the world writing here!! What a great publicity you must have gotten!! :) That's really good considering the t-shirts will spread over the world! :) Congratulations! |
| Name: | Joanna |
| Country: | Sverige |
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| Posted: | 12/5-2008 | Heja!! Fortsätt kämpa! :) |
| Name: | Joanna |
| Country: | Sverige |
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| Posted: | 12/5-2008 | I stumbled across your work, which was picked up by a popular social media blog, here http://www.web-strategist.com/blog
I absolutely love the shirt, and the rest of your work. It's good to see aware citizens bringing attention to the very-broken media system.
Keep up the good fight!
- ilie |
| Name: | ilie |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 12/5-2008 | |
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| Posted: | 12/5-2008 | First, congratulations on your effort to raise awareness on the Darfur situation. That said,
the painting of the bag is a blatant copy of an LV bag and all you have done is changed the LV to an LS. It is a copyright infringement regardless of the underlying reasons. This is exactly like say you have a painting up on your wall that you did, someone copies it, tweaks it a little bit but still conspicuously a copy of your own work and sells this for profit. I notice that most people on this subject are bashing LV's intentions. If you want to ridicule people's interests and priorities, I would start by mocking the public and not Louis Vuitton. Louis Vuitton exists only because people are stupid enough to spend $1000 on a bag. It is not Louis Vuitton's fault and not their responsiblity to change this. It is their right to protect their trademark and copyrights. By doing this you are saying it is okay to rip off a Harry Potter novel, change the names of the characters Harry to Barry and Dumbledore to Dumbleshore and call it your own work and you convince yourself it is okay because you are doing human good. That is ridiculous!! |
| Name: | Anna |
| Country: | Canada |
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| Posted: | 12/5-2008 | |
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| Posted: | 12/5-2008 | I hope they win the lawsuit take YOUR 70% profit margin on this product and donate that to Darfur!!
You are a semi-artist granted, but it smells like you are not too stupid when it comes to business either... |
| Name: | esteban |
| Country: | us |
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| Posted: | 12/5-2008 | jeg synes det er total godt og jeg synes ikke duh skal stoppe med dit arbejde det er super fedt og jeg synes ikke at duh skal lytte til louis vuitton synes duh skal forsætte for duh gør det få en god sag skyld |
| Name: | Sara Toure |
| Country: | Denmark kbh S |
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| Posted: | 12/5-2008 | Morten. Firstly congratulations for being such an expert on Louis Vuitton. As I'm sure you are aware, the vast majority of society today is proud of you. However, I highly doubt that the artist was attempting to corrupt Louis Vuitton's name; in fact, I think you'll find that this piece of artwork is merely pointing out the state of society today, taking into consideration that this has, in fact, been explained if you would care to look into the case more before not coming to your own opinion, but sharing it in such a blunt manner.
And even if it hadn't have been explained, art is about the viewer's interperetation of it, and having the intelligence to read in between the lines. However, I will not presume that you are incapable of doing so; purely that you lacked forethought before you posted your comment.
Regards,
Faith. |
| Name: | Emily |
| Country: | England |
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| Posted: | 12/5-2008 | I saw your website and I fully support giving aide to the people in Darfur. I admire your strength and urge you to continue. I don't have a lot of money so I won't be able to help with your lawsuit but I will be sending money to Darfur through other channels. I know you understand. |
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| Posted: | 11/5-2008 |
I simply find it non-acceptable to use Louis Vuitton in such a campaign. For those of you who know about the designs of Louis Vuitton, you will notice the obvoius, little details which the "art-piece" and a real bag, has in commen. For those of you who do not know the design of Louis Vuitton bags, let me tell that the Multicolor Canvas, which the "art-piece" refers to, isn't produced in a lot of different design. Yet somehow, this "art-piece" is a picture of a bag, which has the excact same design/shape as one Louis Vuitton's and in the same color.
Of couse it isn't acceptable for the designer to make such a obvoius copy of the bag, since it's pictured as Louis Vuitton does not care, even though Louis Vuitton is a head-sponsor for a more green enveriment.
If Louis Vuitton had any intentions of being a public sponsor in the very case, I'm sure they would had made that clear themselves.
I believe that the designer of the very t-shirt has caused her own problems since she denied to remove the "art-piece", and there should be no doubt that she would have to pay the bills |
| Name: | Morten |
| Country: | Denmark |
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| Posted: | 11/5-2008 | |
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| Posted: | 11/5-2008 | And one more thing. Louis Vuitton knows how to make money off of controversy. When a famous actress was caught stealing Marc Jacobs merchandise from a famous department store in the U.S. they turned around and used her as a model in their advertising campaign to sell their clothes. Controversy sells and this may sell more Louis Vuitton Bags in the near future. |
| Name: | Brenda |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 11/5-2008 | This is art and right or wrong it shouldn't be probhibited. Marc Jacobs is an amazing artist and I would bet all that he supports freedom of expression in art. Unfortunately, he works for Louis Vuitton so he really hasn't a choice in this matter. So there's that. Fashion is fashion you know?-it's over the top and often shallow but it's first and foremost art - just like a painting or a commentary illustration. A creation of a Marc Jacobs bag undoubtedly starts with a drawing or sketch and that is art too. Many of us spend money in crazy ways sometimes when we know others have nothing but it is a person's freedom to do so. People seem to get so absorbed in the pop-culture of celebrity because it's so weird and often surreal and kind of a way to escape from an ordinary day. Yes it's a sure waste of brain cells and productivity but it's pop culture and pop culture makes pop art. They kind of need each other. It's up to all of us to make a change. Not just Louis Vuitton. It's way bigger than that. |
| Name: | Brenda |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 10/5-2008 | Respekt! |
| Name: | Dorthe |
| Country: | Denmark |
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| Posted: | 10/5-2008 | I believe that anyone whom opposes your cause lacks a clear mind and has no common sense what-so-ever. They do not understand what your art is about, the intent behind using the LV bag as a symbol, and they do not understand art in general. Andy Warhol should have been arrested for using the Campbell's Soup Cans for his artwork, according to their deranged logic system. Art is art. Activism is activism. LV, as a company, should agree with your cause and try and support it. It would be noble of them to donate some sort of amount of money to the Darfur cause each time that specific bag is purchased. They have the obligation as a multi million dollar company to be accountable for their actions. A simple bag sells for more than I pay for rent. How sad, and pathetic. |
| Name: | Kira |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 10/5-2008 | The design of the bag is clearly appealing to the image of LV's bags. But two things are worth noticing. On one hand, it is not an exact copy, therefore I do not think they have real grounds for pursuing the legal accusation. On the other hand, I think that the point of the poster is not Louis Vuitton himself, or this particular design, but rather what it represents. You are not making a point specifically about this bag, but a more general claim about a culture of consumism and about how easy it is that we all forget what really matters in the world. Thus, the similar (but not identical) design is being used as a symbol to represent something else. In this sense, I believe it is an artist's right to use symbols to create art, just like Warhole used Campbell's soups as symbol for something else when creating his pieces. |
| Name: | Marcela Orraca |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 10/5-2008 | While I applaud your efforts for the cause, I find your claim that Louis Vuitton is trying to stop your campaign ridiculous. In fact, in their first letter to you, they applauded your efforts for Darfur and stated that it was a worthy cause.
You claim that you are standng up for your artistic freedom - what they are requesting of you is to respect their artistic freedom. You have copied their design on your pieces, which you are actually selling.
The way that you have depicted their bags in your designs clearly has the potential of leading people to assume that you are saying that LV is associated with the problems in Darfur. As an artist, I would expect that you would understand how it can be upsetting to have a design that you put so much time & energy into depicted so negatively. The designer has the right to decide how and in what context they want their designs to be presented. I do not think that LV was wrong in this case, specifically since they initially approached you to settle this amicably. |
| Name: | Sara |
| Country: | Canada |
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| Posted: | 9/5-2008 | Although its disputed whether you ripped off the LV print in your design, its evident that you are now using their name to attract further attention to your site by publicising "LOUIS VUITTON WANTS ME TO STOP MY DARFUR CAMPAIGN" on your pages. LV are not trying to stop your campaign, they are trying to stop you using their designs as part of your campaign. Its nothing to do with LV's support or not for Darfur, but they created the design and its their right to control where and how its used. Maybe they want to do a Switzerland and sit out of the controversy or at least keep their opinions private, doesn't mean they are for/against it. Thats their right and you are slandering their name by accusing them of being against the Darfur cause. |
| Name: | Anon84 |
| Country: | UK |
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| Posted: | 9/5-2008 | I fully support you and everything that you are for and against. Please don't let this lawsuit stop you nor dim your light. You are amazing and you have more supporters than you realize |
| Name: | Ruqqayat Mohammed |
| Country: | United States |
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| Posted: | 9/5-2008 | Hi Nadia,
I absolutely love your design and fully support your campaign. I posted a link to your website on my blog and encouraged my readers to support your campaign as well.
Love it!!!! |
| Name: | Javi Bijoux |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 9/5-2008 | I'm a barrister with a masters in Chilren Law living in Zambia.I have just ordered your t-shirt and I think it is a brilliant idea to raise awareness, not only in Darfur, but in the whole of Africa where circumstances are below poor.I experiece it on a daily basis, some day it bring tears to my eyes.Unfortunately there is a lot of corruption in Africa and funds don't always reach the peolpe it was meant for-ironically the people in charge are the first to get a designers bag on their several trips abroad. |
| Name: | `Riani Jonck (rianijonck@yahoo.com) |
| Country: | Zambia, Africa |
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| Posted: | 9/5-2008 | Hey - Fully behind you (http://www.signatureillustration.org/illustration-blog/2008/05/louis-vuitton-nadia-plesner-lawsuit). Hope you get the better of them. |
| Name: | Sascha |
| Country: | South Africa |
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| Posted: | 9/5-2008 | Full support for your effort and I love your idea. I'd also truly love to purchase the shirt, but unfortunately $53 is not within my simple-living-standards... :-) |
| Name: | Yossi L |
| Country: | Australia/Israel |
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| Posted: | 9/5-2008 | WE SUPPORT YOU NADIA! |
| Name: | Max |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 9/5-2008 | Stand strong Nadia!!! people like you are needed all over the world to fight against stupidity. |
| Name: | Eduardo Leal |
| Country: | Caracas, Venezuela |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | FUCK VUITTON!
GRANDE NADIA!!!
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| Name: | Vale |
| Country: | Italy |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | I think that Louis Vuitton did too much overreaction. Please do not back down. |
| Name: | Mayumi.M |
| Country: | Japan |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | Sigue adelante con tu campaña, es una situación muy triste pero es real. Niños mueren de hambre mientras otros afortunados millonarios que podrían ser caritativos con esas personas carecen de compasión. Mi apoyo para ti. |
| Name: | ILIANA |
| Country: | méxico |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | All the support for you! |
| Name: | Sara |
| Country: | Venezuela |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | Please, continue. |
| Name: | Miguel |
| Country: | Spain |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | You are a real "human". Congratulations. Please, do not back down. |
| Name: | Ceren Dav. |
| Country: | Turkiye |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | Amazing... |
| Name: | Jesús Colmenares. |
| Country: | Venezuela |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | |
| Name: | |
| Country: | |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | Louis Vuitton should be ashamed. They know better because this is protected speech. What this reveals is the identification of LV with starving children. That means they believe they represent the wealthy against the poor. Boycott, baby! |
| Name: | Jeff McNeill |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | Nadia, it is absolutely visible the relation between the bag and the LV trademark.
I think that such a fair campaign should n´t be promoted with an unfair use of LV trademark.
The simple inappropriate usage of their image entails the duty of reparation for moral damage, as you connect their image to such a horrible human and socio-political condition.
I´m convinced this is not the appropriate way to conduct your campaign.
I hope that the people realize about this issue and don´t try to solve a problem with a mistake. |
| Name: | Marco |
| Country: | Brazil |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | Why would you even pay something to Louis Vuitton? They are not worth a penny! |
| Name: | Eva Guillén |
| Country: | www.anarchyofsweden.com |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | Nadia, you are naive to think you can use their bag like this.
If LV lets you do this, then next time someone wants to really infringe on their TM, they can show precedence with your case.
I can see if LV was contributing to the atrocities in Darfur. Are they? You don't seem to make that claim. You only claim that celebrities get more attention, and they happen to carry LV bags. That's not LV's fault. So why not go after the media instead of LV.
I notice you have all the major credit cards above your website, I sure hope you're not getting rich off of all this attention...!
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| Name: | Kirk |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | What a bunch of Idiots those Who think that using a banal object could make you VIP, And What a Idiots those Who believe it. Your cause has a meaning and I encourage you to keep doing it. This firm (LV) has the opportunity to support you in this noble cause and some Brand New Brain tought better use you as publicity. Kick their ass. Make them to donate every penny that you spend in this lawsuit for Daffur campaign, better yet, let them now that people from other no wealthy countries has better common sense and are willing to care by real people with real brain. You Rock Girl. Keep Going. Don't Give Up. You can change this world. And We're behind of you. |
| Name: | Manuel O |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | Claudia: Would you like a bag saying: "I'm not a Louis Vuitton bag" ? I can send it to you for free next month! Contact me here:
anarchyofsweden@gmail.com
Todo bien en mi MEXICO? :D Hope youre feeling fine! El Pueblo contra el Imperialismo Kultural! |
| Name: | Eva Guillén |
| Country: | Sweden |
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| Posted: | 8/5-2008 | I'm happy to know that those kids are not alone, people like you make big changes, continue we'll support, Guadalajara is with you !!!!! |
| Name: | Victor |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Im very proud to see my figure in your art, thank you!!!, i hope many people buy your shirts, and i prefer see my body in the arms of the boy than the arms of paris, (she smells very discoustin!!!), the best wishes from chihuahua!!! guau!!! VIVA MEXICO CABRONES!!! |
| Name: | perro chihuahua |
| Country: | mexico |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | HI! NADIA, THE WORLD NEEDS MORE WOMEN LIKE YOU, MEXICO LOVES YOU |
| Name: | GIGIO |
| Country: | MEXICO |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Thanks for another day in paradise!!!, the reason, the love, bring us a new world, thanks for your vision, hand to hand, mouse to mouse, the world is one, we are the humankind, WE ARE NADIA!!!.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE, POWER TO THE PEOPLE.... |
| Name: | pajaro patinador |
| Country: | mexico |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Go! |
| Name: | Oscar |
| Country: | Colombia |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Good for you! I wish celebrities would start wearing your shirts instead. Some things are worth fighting for... artistic freedom and the innocent in Darfur being two great reasons to tell LV to piss off! |
| Name: | Doneen |
| Country: | USA |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | wait, i take it back, $53 for that shirt? yikes |
| Name: | eris |
| Country: | france |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | do it baby. fuck louis right in his facist mouth. |
| Name: | eris |
| Country: | france |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Keep going!!! |
| Name: | Yoko |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | This guys, they thik the world spins around, his luxury.... did they realize how many food will bought one of these bags, hope they write one of thes letters to Tepito in mexico when our artist made exact replicas of their bags jajaja |
| Name: | Miguel |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Yes, goooo, from Mexico I send you all my support and good luck against Louis Vuitton. |
| Name: | Claudia |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Hi. My name is Eva Guillén. I live in Sweden and came as a refugee from El Salvador in 1978.
I've started a new design-campain against Louis Vuitton and Paris Hilton Kultural Imperialism.
Imperialists and fascists like Louis Vuitton and especially people that buy their bags, makes me feel really ill and sick.
Kapitalists from the U.S.A. have done killings and my cousins have disapeared in Latinamerica, everybody knows the history of Chile and Allende, the story of Nicaragua and the bombings, the story of of Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and a lots of other countries that have been violated by Kapitalits.
Now the only way to stop me is to kill me. They've done that before. I have nothing but my life, family and boyfriend to loose.
I see you have a lots of people writing to you from MEXICO. I send my warmest greetings to you and my people from MEXICO!
Te mando saludos desde Suecia mi mejor amigo Latinoamericano!
Please give me support!
http://www.anarchyofsweden.com/
Tillsammans vi skall segra! Låt inte Louis Vuitton kränka dina rättigheter!
Bliv ved att knudse Louis Vuitton! We support you!
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| Name: | Eva Guillén |
| Country: | Sweden |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Fantastiskt!! Mycke bra tröja! Jag sprider detta vidare. Go on! |
| Name: | Käti Lundin |
| Country: | Sweden |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | You´re a good and very creative woman.
Always´ll exist this kind of women, but always´ll exist companies that want only win money. They don´t work back the desks. They only receive the money. I hope you win this. Good luck¡¡¡¡¡¡☻☻☻☻ |
| Name: | ines |
| Country: | mexico |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Only together will we be strong!!!!!!
Mexico supports you. |
| Name: | Cesar |
| Country: | MEXICO |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | The World needs more woman as you, with courage and love for the people.
Ojalá y la gente rica tuviera compasión por sus semejantes y en lugar de gastar en cosas vanales ayudarán a los seres que más lo necesitan.
Gracias por no desfallecer.
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| Name: | Manuela Olivares Vázquez |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | God bless you! I dont believe that they are demanding $20,000 dlls daily, how many children could be feed? with that money, ough! what a shame!
If they think that if you put LV's design bag in that shirt could damage they trademark image, i think this demand will damage more in a close future... |
| Name: | Gabriel |
| Country: | Mexico! |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | hell yeah !!! you can do it Nadia....fucking corporatives!!!!! i hope you ll ok ...kisses |
| Name: | Victor H |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Don't give up they must help you, not stop you |
| Name: | Teresa |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Wonderful!!! Don't give up! |
| Name: | Tatiane |
| Country: | Brazil |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Go Nadia!!! |
| Name: | BELEN |
| Country: | MEXICO |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Keep going! |
| Name: | Katrine |
| Country: | Denmark |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Keep up the good work!! |
| Name: | Robin |
| Country: | Spain |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Do not give up Nadia! God is with you! |
| Name: | Jaime Macedo |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Support from Mexico City. |
| Name: | Luis |
| Country: | México |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | Go Nadia!!! The world supports your cause :)!!! |
| Name: | Lorena |
| Country: | Mexico |
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| Posted: | 7/5-2008 | You make me very proud being a dane - I wish you absolut the best in this matter against LV, they should support you instead of fighting against you. It very embarrasing that a company that rich don't do anything good in this world. You should be on their payrole. Best of luck |
| Name: | Maj-Britt |
| Country: | <