What do Naomi Campbell and Louis Vuitton have in common with the World Cup?

[sashaj22.livejournal.com]

This time, the World Cup trophy will be traveling in style.

French fashion and handbags house Louis Vuitton, with help from supermodel Naomi Campbell, has unveiled an elegant leather-bound case that it produced to carry the trophy to South Africa on Tuesday.

From the tournament's beginning in 1930, the World Cup trophy has always been transported in an armored metal case — largely for reasons of security.

But as Louis Vuitton spokesman Antoine Arnault put it: "There was no reason why security couldn't be synonymous with elegance."

The case features gold-colored clasps and the famed LV logo theme. Soccer governing body FIFA ordered it in March.

The fashion house also has a contract to make another one for the 2014 World Cup.

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All the footballers are now wondering if the case comes with the trophy.

Comments

[frounzik.livejournal.com]

wow, i seriously had no idea. so the cup that toured and was on the news for it is a fake? nice.

[basilxhallward.livejournal.com]

Not so much fake. Just a stand in for precaution.

I don't know the whole story I didn't read the article in National Geographic I just know what my mom told me after she read it.

The original doesn't even look like that. It's like a giant angel looking thing.

[caffeine-wila.livejournal.com]

Okay so I'm totes late for this post and everything but I felt like playing a know-it-all. The original original trophy, the angel thing, most likely doesn't exist anymore. There was a replica of that, too, but Brazil got the real thing when they won their 3rd World Cup. And it was stolen and hasn't been found. The common idea is that it's been melted so that the gold can be sold.

There's a replica of the current trophy which is the one you usually see, but the one kept safe looks exactly the same as the replica. (but is solid gold like the angel thing (Jules Rimet Trophy) was)