Giving her a break from being called a tattooed, homewrecking temptress, Angelina Jolie is under fire this week for appearing in an advertisement for Louis Vuitton. In Cambodia. In a swamp. Okay and she has a $10,000 handbag with her. But still. Is that any reason to get in a tizz?
The advertisement is part of Louis Vuitton’s “Core Values” campaign which in the past has featured Bono and Sean Connery. The idea is to photograph celebs in locations which are deeply meaningful to them. Hence Bono is photographed in Africa. Connery in Scotland. And Jolie in Cambodia – the country where her eldest son Maddox was born. The campaign is all about physical and emotional journeys. Or something. I dunno. The point is Ange and Louis Vuitton are being accused of showing “bad taste” for shooting a luxury brand advertisement in an impoverished region.
Here’s what the Guardian in the UK had to say about it.
“The response has not been one of unguarded rejoicing. Some have argued that if you travel upriver in a very poor country with mosquitos and ferocious river beasts threatening your life and sanity, you might not want to take a £7,000 bag with you. Perhaps using poor countries as the backdrop to show off your luxury goods isn’t in the best possible taste?” You can read the full story here.
Okay, so she’s a bit weird and she did kiss her brother at the Oscars that one time but Angelina Jolie walks the walk. She doesn’t just talk the talk. The actress has been passionate about Cambodia since she first visited in 2000. And her son was born there.
So maybe Ange was trying to get us thinking and seeing Cambodia as a beautiful place that deserves our attention. Maybe she just thought doing the ad meant she got a tax-deductible trip to Cambodia to, you know, visit the kindergartens, health clinics and libraries SHE PAID FOR.
Maybe the bag is made of crocodile skin (it’s hard to tell) and she’s trying to release it back into the wild. Or maybe Angelina Jolie didn’t think any of those things. Maybe she just likes hanging out in swamps (this is Angelina we’re talking about) and she knew she could charge Louis Vuitton a truckload of money which she could then donate to the Maddox Jolie-Pitt Foundation in Cambodia.
Rumour has it Jolie was paid $AUS9.3m by LV and websites around the world are hinting she donated the entire amount.
Whatevs.
Is it obscene that people pay $10,000 for a handbag? That they wait-list for them? Well, sure. What’s your point? I see this as a means to a great end. I don’t think those Cambodian children who are getting vaccinations and meals and school books are sending out bitchy tweets about how distasteful they think the LV ad is.
*For those wanting a few more details about the shoot (you know you do …) The clothes are Jolie’s own. And the LV Alto bag is also hers, six-years-old and no longer available. How much is her Alto bag worth? Not sure. Some reports say $10,000. Although it wouldn’t be worth that now since - as the mother of six – I’m guessing the bottom of it is covered in old rusks, manky sultanas and the odd Happy Meal toy. LV are considering re-introducing the bag. And apparently Anglelina is wearing “no makeup”. Which, of course, is Hollywood-speak for “She’s wearing shitloads of makeup but a nude lipstick.”
So celebrities — damned if they do. Damned if they don’t. What do you think? Is it bad taste or clever fundraising on Jolie’s part?
Click through the gallery for more of LV’s ‘Core Values’ campaign:
U2's Bono and his wife Ali Hewson
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That bag isn’t, or wasn’t 10,000… It might be worth that or more because she OWNS it, but it is a discontinued bag from LV, and it was never 10,000. LV is very cheap compared to other brands (depends what you buy).
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thats stupid. cambodia is an amazing country. even its poor u dont need to look down to that country.. It has a deep meaning! An the swamp view is amazing u can never find something like that in USA! so quit talking shit
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Update to this post – the behind-the-scenes of AJ in Cambo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX2OKv2TCtI&feature=player_embedded
Having lived in Cambodia for a couple of years (definitely no LV bag with me then or now), to “get”, to feel, to sense, what it is that Cambodia stirs deep inside those who venture there for more than a visit, is hard to describe. There’s so many layers – scratch the surface and a layer below appears. Scratch that, and another deeper one appears. And so it goes.
But this little clip satiates me as much now as it did when I first went on my intrepid little way some years ago. One learns a whole lot more about oneself and the world’s bigger picture in Cambodia. The wondering and wandering collide with some harsh realities of the globalised bookends of extreme wealth and extreme poverty – not just AJ going there to shoot a LV bag commercial, but the very apparent and very humbling reality of daily hand-to-mouth existence. It’s not a place for the faint-hearted nor mean-hearted. And the origins of these realities are VERY complicated, layered throughout with so much humanitarianism and displays of kindness as well as some completely ott greed and corruption. This little nation of Cambodia is fascinating…she changes those who go.
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LV also claim that the ad is not re-touched and showcases Angelina sans make-up. Ha! I think not. She looks beautiful, yes, but is certainly wearing artfully applied make-up. Why lie?
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I’ll make a deal with all the concerned ladies out there who are doing their civic duty by telling the rest of us what to wear.
Trinny, Susanna, and all your acolytes:
I won’t tell you I think your fashion choices or makeup make you look mumsy/try-hard/a little bit sad, if you don’t tell me that I can’t wear leggings/high cut tops/low cut tops/winter colours with my summer tone skin/or summer colours with my winter tone skin.
We all have opinions on pointless matters of taste. As my dear father likes to say: “opinions are like arseholes – everybody has one.” That doesn’t mean that we need to devote 750 words to the topic.
Seriously… you want to talk about First world problems?
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Why is it that I leave a comment in the “Leggings: the blight upon modern womanhood” post, and it winds up in the Angelina post?
FWIW – go Angelina. You do great work. Great post, Rebecca
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Come on guys! The pic of ‘Kourtney Kardashian’ is actually Kim. lol
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I wrote this on the leggings post and it wound up on this Angelina one….
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I am reading the leggings post and there are lots of comments from the angelina post…must be a technical mixup!
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Yup – we are working on it as you speak (when I say “we” I actually mean smart developer people that know what they are doing and not typing from bed, er like me)
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There seems to be some sort of cross-post comment contamination happening here.
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yep….confused comments. Been following this today and suddenly I read a comment about Bono and I think he’s been wearing leggings…….fortunately not but definitely something going on!
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* shudder *
Recently at the gym, a girl was wearing black and white thinly striped tights (AS PANTS) with a red G-string underneath.
That image is burned into my memory.
* shudder *
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as a male, I vote that this trend does not die.
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I work out every day, but I do not stay in my tights a minute longer than I have to. I feel dirty wearing them and just want to put on some nice clean clothes. Is that so difficult? Whenever I see someone walking around in their gym clothes I almost immediately assume they have not in fact been exercising…
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I love to lounge around my house in tights but rarely wear them out. I feel SO self conscious whenever I do. I am well aware how unflattering they are but good god they are comfortable.
What are your thoughts on ‘jeggings’? I’m not a fan for one…
Oh, and that pic of Nicole Richie- definitely highlights the downfall of tights. Cameltoe, anyone??
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I will never apologise for embracing my inner sloth. I already have to look picture perfect for my job in retail, and if I choose to go to the shop in my pajamas, then I’m gonna rock my pom-pommed slippers all the way to the bakery and back. They’re Peter Alexander though, does that give me extra points for attempted classiness?
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Two days a week I wear them all day and I think it’s *fine*. I pop them on ahead of the school run because I do Pilates at 10am. After the class, I only have a few child-free hours to work, so no time to shower and change. So they stay on (and look ok) all day until my evening shower. Nothing about this is going to change.
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I had a similar reaction when I saw the Bono one. Because of course, I’m thinking why the Hell would Bono need to pimp himself out for luggage?!? Then I read the fine print at the bottom of the ad, where it states that he did it for free & donated all this money or something along those lines. I haven’t seen the AJ one, but I’m gonna guess that the same goes for hers.
Besides, what other kind of handbag would an uber-celebrity have? They don’t shop at Wal-Mart…
}:)
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I love the Graf/Agassi photo
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I’ve been lucky enough to live in Cambodia for the past ten years and I confess to getting a tiny bit excited when Angelina arrived here last month to film this ad. Sadly, I didn’t manage to bump into her during the visit. But I thought I’d jump up on to my soapbox for a minute, given the comments encouraging people to channel any indignation at the ad into a donation to charity or to ‘sponsor’ a child.
Every time I’m back in Sydney on holidays, I get puzzled by how the Australian media continually glorifies Australians involved in orphanages here. Orphanages in Australia were shut down long ago for excellent reasons, so why do so many of us think this is a good way of helping children living in poverty here? And why, over the past five years, have the number of orphanages in Cambodia doubled? Because of funding from well-meaning Westerners.
There is another way! Only 28% of Cambodian children in orphanages are actual orphans, and 96% have living family members. In the vast majority of cases, families living in poverty want to keep their own children, all they need is a little help and support for a time. Brilliant work is being done here to keep children in their own immediate or extended families and out of institutions, where all forms of abuse, mental health and attachment disorders are rife.
So don’t just give to a ‘charity’, find out first what they are doing with your cash. Put yourself in the shoes of a Cambodian mum, and think how you might like to be helped if you were having financial troubles. It probably wouldn’t involve having your child taken away.
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Fiona
Thank you so much for this comment. It really helps open our eyes to the true needs of a country. Can I ask how you came to be living in Cambodia? Are you with an NGO?
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Thanks Bec. Yes, I have the best job in the world, working with an NGO to support Cambodian groups involved in the community based care of children, particularly children with disabilities. So I get to see the stuff that doesn’t show up in the news over there in Australia – Cambodians doing the hard work to protect and care for the vulnerable children in their communities.
While Cambodia is still one of the poorest countries in the world, things are improving. More girls than ever before are getting an education, more families are getting access to clean water, fewer children are dying of preventable diseases. Many projects here still struggle to get enough funding to keep their fantastic work going… maybe we could do a First Wednesday Club focused on this amazing country?!?
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Fiona, email me details about your NGO … sounds like it could be a great fit for our First Wednesday Club!!! You can reach me at rebecca at mamamia.com.au
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Money is relative. (ie $10 is a lot to some, nothing to others. $100,000 is a lot or pocket change depending on your circumstances)
I am so unfash, obviously, as I do not like the brown handbag, ugh. I think she looks too skinny. blargh. I don’t like the way her body is posed fanny pointing at the lens. Eww.
You’ll be pleased to know I like the swamp.
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Call me simple minded but I think it is appalling that anyone wants a $10000 handbag, no matter how rich they are.
900 LV handbags equals 9 million dollars – 900 – thats how many times rich pampered socialites/celebrities/wannabees could give up their bags/shoes/haute couture compulsion and funnel the money directly to charity, bypassng a ridiculous advertising campaign.
World’s gone mad.
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its so true. even if i had a million i wouldnt buy a 100000
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The Steffi Graf/Andre Agassi pic is gorgeous.
I’m guessing the people who whinge about this ad haven’t ever donated a dollar to charity. Sometimes people just want to be mad about something – anything.
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I’m tired of being expected to be outraged at this sort of thing. The ad/photo looks beautiful. What she does with her money is her business, and by all accounts she does a lot of good with it. End of story. Move on.
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In Japan, it is apparently quite common for secondary school girls to sleep with businessmen in return for LV bags. Ever since I heard about that I was disgusted that this brand is encouraging prostitution.
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What does that have to do with this? And why is the fact that Japanese girls sleep with businessmen for LV bags, LV’s fault?
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Are you just as disgusted by the mint for making the cash that changes hands for sex? Or banks and mastercard/visa?
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Love the photo of Angelina, it reminds me of a few of the Lady of the lake themed paintings by the Pre Raphaelite artists.
Angelina appears to do a lot of good with her money, I don’t really have a problem with any of those ads and I love the way they are photographed.
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The picture is beautiful – the end
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Wow Scotland sure has changed from when I was last there!
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Yada yada yada. Different strokes.. Ad looks stunning, as does Ange. Brings some attention to Cambodia. Let’s all untwist our knickers
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Hypocrite! period!
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Who? Why?
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I seriously think LV bags are disgustingly ugly and would not use one if it was given to me! I also find the price tags ridiculous and even if I could afford to spend that much on a handbag I would not. EVER!
But each to their own. All of these celebrities donate a lot to charity and do a lot of good for the world.
I also stuggle when I feel annoyed with other people for spending excessive amounts on designer and prestige items because I myself have a few (much more modest) addictions that I could definately go without like Thomas Sabo jewellery and the diamond ring that I am having made at the moment. So I can’t protest too much without looking like a complete hypocrite!
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ts the cycle of greed and the phenomenal amount of money just one celeb can get paid while others are in poverty , just as how the west has obesity while millions of kids starve elsewhere, there just seems to be no balance in the world and looking at these pics confuse me even more that this women flaunts wealth in an impoverished country.
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LV is one of the most counterfeited brands in the world. Because of this ad, sweat shop workers will now be making Alto bags around the clock. 9.3 million dollars can’t make that right.
I find it odd that Jolie’s lifestyle has gone from being extremely minimal by Hollywood standards to full on hedonistic opulence. Usually seeing poverty up close inspires the opposite effect.
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I don think it’s so much the bag or Angelina being there – it’s the contrast of rich and poor that makes people uncomfortable.
Well, if you’re uncomfortable, you should do something about it, not worry about the poor taste of the ad. Make a donation, visit the country, sponsor a child…..
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I really think that what should have the light shone on it is the rampant consummerism and commercialism not to mention the obscene salaries paid in our ‘free market’. When I say obscene I mean both ways. How can an AFL footballer earn millions of dollars for playing sport? And a nurse earn so little for all the care given. How can an NBA basketball player earn so much when a teacher holds the future of all her little charges and be paid so little. It is because there is apparently no value in the latter examples but the AFL player and the NBA player and countless others generate publicity for the brands they represent and our current values of wanting the latest and greatest mean that we must have have have…..a 10K handbag, the latest jeans, shoes, make up. And we are willing to pay obscenely for it. The big brands are doing the right thing by assisting developing countries by setting up there factories in these countries…..oh sorry I just started believing my own hype…..acutally using their sweat shops is ensuring that they make the maximum profit and then they gift their product to a ‘star’ and lo and behold it is desired by thousands.
There are so many comments here about the poor children in underdeveloped countries. If they could be well fed and well schooled and never be exposed to the first world problem we are and have created I would want that. I think that Angelina accepts that she is can command the money she does (even though it is absolutely ridiculous) and then she does good with it. It is not her fault that we are stupid enough to pay so much for the handbag or any other consumer product.
I hate that our society is so obsessed with money things rather than the true wealth of being a human being. That is my rant for today.
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100% agree!
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Thanks Janie!! I’m a nurse, and the issue of unfair pay INFURIATES me!! My brother’s a security guard and earns the same as me…. sigh.
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Sadly, the sweatshops do make life better for people in those countries. It gives them jobs for a start. Do you think it would help them if the big companies packed up overnight and moved?
Btw, I don’t like sweatshops myself, but there are unfortunately, benefits to them.
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Thanks. I agree that these economies and the children in these countries are benefitting from the multi-nationals being there but I feel that as consumers we need to challenge the fact that they are paid so poorly and often not cared for very well by the multis who are making obscene bucket loads of money from the consumer willing to pay 10K for a handbag or even $90 for a pair of shoes. It is vicious circle when you pay 10 million to someone who has more money than she will ever be able to use. I know she gave it to charity but plenty of others wouldn’t and I guess my point is surely there is not a living (or dead for that matter) person who is really valued at this amount. They choose her because they know thousands will want this bag because she has it. I don’t know how much they put back into the community but surely it is arse about if this is the way it works. I guess I just wonder how we would go if we added sponsorship to the nurse….she wears a LV uniform and then every time she is at work she gets a massive bonus because of the exposure. Ludicrous right? But how else do we ensure we get the funds where they need to really go? A bit hungry now so head seems to be rambling and fingers are unable to help so will stop here!
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I think you are so spot on Janie, so many people like to point the finger at other people causing suffering and see themselves as separate (and benefactors because they give aid) but the most fundamental part of the market economy is that ultimately what the consumer wants largely determines the market – I have no issue with Angelina Jolie but that people are so moved by ‘status quo’ to be fashionable that this is what determines what they buy… not fair trade and world equality.. is what helps cause these huge inequalities in wealth in the first place – and that is a terrible reflection on humanity as a whole in my opinion.
And it is also simply patently untrue that ‘sweatshops’ help the developing world..fair trade practices certainly do – but they are not given that. The developed world has spent as much money subsidizing their farmers (which deflates world food prices and causes millions in the developing world to starve) as they have spent on aid. And that aid usually comes with a stick that those countries must abide to policies that the Western countries want. So the money that they lose because of the hugely unjust trade practices of the West, gets simply given back as aid which they are then told they need to be hugely grateful for and hand in their autonomy. People argue that liberal trade policies are what will help the developing world, but the western countries have consistently refused to liberalize agriculture, textiles, clothing and footwear- the only things that many developing nations have any chance of being competitive in.
There is also the long period of colonialism where western countries invaded and controlled many countries and actively prohibited them from developing manufacturing so as to give themselves the competitive advantage – so developing countries come late in the game and have to attempt to enter and compete in a different dynamic of an already well set up market with powerful players – with the rich countries now insisting on changing the rules from what was the case during their own development to continue to advantage themselves.
It is a great tragedy that the world cannot now expect minimum wage and working conditions in the developing world – personally I have no interest in small players, people that need to get by in the world or simply can’t pay workers more – but international corporations providing basic rights and working conditions in no way prevents development (it simply moves a bit more money from the excessively rich company to the people producing the goods). It makes me sick to the stomach that executives are getting obscenely rich from the labour of people who are being injured, poisoned, committing suicide and living lives of effective slavery.
The richness of rich countries is partly tied up in a history of huge oppression and injustice – a dynamic that has lead to some people having such a stupid amount of wealth that they would spend $4000 on a handbag in a world where a child dies every 4 few seconds of starvation.
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Storm in a teacup.
If anything I think the ad is positive, it makes Cambodia look stunning (which I hear it is) and the more that countries like Cambodia, (which are known by some only for their poverty) are shown in a different light, the more I think ppl are likely to connect with them and feel a desire to help.
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I dont think the intended audience of the ad thinks “wow that’s a sexy looking swamp and awesome next to my LV Bag”
I am pretty sure most would spend their $10,000+ on a handbag before deciding (due to the ad) to suddenly help Cambodia
and don’t get me started on LV and their ruthless attitutde
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Bec, this post made me laugh out loud! Once again you have taken a very funny approach to highlight important issues! thank you
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A comment made without thinking,I hope especially being posted on a website that everyday discusses the impact of words on people’s lives. I have an adopted child and I live in a country close to Cambodia and am appalled at the throw away comments by people who have little knowledge of the background to adoption,Angelina Jolie (her charities which would be un-supported if not for her working) and Cambodia ( a country that does not ‘give away free’ children.
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Some of us spend a greater proportion of our time and wealth on handbags. Some of us spend a greater proportion of our time and wealth on charities.
At least she’s not a hypocrite. Unlike other celebs her life does not revolve around the next party etc – she’s out there trying to save the world!
If you had her money and profile, would you? I’m not sure I have it in me!
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$10,000 handbag? Whatevs, I’m still back at the 9.3 MILLION DOLLARS Angelina was paid to pose in this ad. Fffffffffffffffaaaaaaaarrrrk!
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LOL
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Politcal correctness gone over board….not a huge fan Ange but let her be for goodness sake. Besides reckon Mrs Hewson and her hubby Bono look far hotter than Ange!!
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I’m a bit meh about this. When you see this add in context with all of the others, then I understand it. She is going to Cambodia to save the children or whatever, and as most of us do, she is taking her handbag with her. The fact that it happens to be such an expensive one, well thats a different story.
I personally feel uncomfortable when i see campaigns like this. I feel inferior because I would never contemplate buying a bag that cost more than say $50 and even that is a bit much for me. And so I am doomed to carry around an old, cheap, bought from strandbags handbag that does me just fine. Even though I am happy with my cheap old bag, I still feel unfashionable, daggy etc when I see ads like this as I think that everyone must have these fashionable bags.
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Interesting how everyone loves to pay out people with money. Truth is when you have money like that you can afford any item with that price tag and still do good for others. I challenge anyone who found themselves with that kind of money who wouldn’t radically change their lives and their shopping habits.
And here we go….
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Does any one else look at Louis Vuitton bags and just think cheap tatt from asian markets???
All I an think of is did she pop buy Phuket and pick up a $5 handbag on her way to Cambodia???
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God I hate looking back on my typos. sorry everyone
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I think the issue here is that people charge $10,000 for a handbag, a HANDBAG!!! and to whoever pays $10,000 for a handbag, the joke is on them! If someone can afford to pay that much for a handbag then they need to open up there eyes and see what $10,000 dollars can do for those who are actually in need. I could not spend that much on a handbag and live with myself knowing that there are homeless people sleeping out there in the wet and the cold
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Do you think the villagers in Cambodia would scoff to hear we pay $50 (or more) on our handbags?
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So there are people out there who pay $10 000 for a bag, which in turn means LV can afford to pay Angelina $9+million dollars to promote said bags, who in turn donates the money to charity; water always finds its level regardless of how it gets there.
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Bad taste maybe. But I think if she chooses to use her star power to earn money that she then funnels into causes she believes in then that is commendable. She can’t solve every problem, if she took a stand and refused to work with anyone who is wasting money she’d never work on a movie or with any luxury brands ever again, and would have no financial power to solve any problems.
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i personally find those bags quite ugly.
my biggest issue with angelina is that she adopts kids who are then raised by a nanny. i think that is sad. i hope she holds off on adopting more.
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She hires nannies because she WORKS.
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Better being raised by a nanny than left in an orphanege alone my opinoin
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i can see what you are saying but if adopted a child from overseas i would think that child would need extra love, care, attention and focus of their parents. i am not saying you can’t work but from many reports you hear these children are literally raised by nannies, i think that is sad. i think it would be extra hard when you are competing for attention from 5 other siblings too.
i know she does a lot of good in her work for the UN i just think you can’t have it ALL.
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I would be hesitant to believe anything the “many reports” say about celebs, as most of them are gossip mags/websites and most of them are full of bollocks.
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Do you think they would be better off in an orphanage? Yes she does have lots of nannies helping with the kids, but she seems to be a very loving, affectionate mum. I don’t think its sad at all.
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not necessarily. i think they might be better off in a family where the parents are committed to raising them. i just think that these kids of celebrities might end up quite sad. endless money does not equal happiness. i read one of the autobiographies of a hollywood nanny and there are a lot of kids being raised by the hired help. i think that is sad.
maybe she would be better off spending money on the orphanages as a whole not just plucking one child out and leaving him/her with the help. i don’t know for a fact that happens but i certainly don’t know for a fact it doesn’t.
i realise my opinion isn’t popular but i have worked with children and nothing replaces a parent, not endless toys, fill-ins or nannys.
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I don’t care where it was shot. My objection is to the original ‘Angelina is pictured in no make up’ line.
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Who needs makeup when there’s photoshop. Technically, its probably not a lie!
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Spot on Rebbeca! Just having the shoot in Cambodia would have injected some much needed money into the country (the photo truly captures the beauty too!). People take things a bit too literal these days (I don’t think it’s about lounging around in the swamp with your LV bag).
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I think its a bit rich of people to complain. This is a woman that gives away MILLIONS every year, has her own charity to make sure the money goes where she wants it, goes to 3rd world countries to help, is apart of the UN to bring our attention to poverty/affects of war/refugees…
soo you think its disrespectful to cart around a expensive handbag she bought SIX YEARS AGO!!! I think if you do that much good, you deserve to have a nice handbag.
Why dont we have outrage for the rich who DONT donate to charities or help to bridge the line between poverty and the rich.How about harping on about celebs who DONT do any charity work.
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She was probably given the bag! Celebrities get a lot of stuff for free..
Still love her and will still turn for her..
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I think Angelina is smarter than we give her credit for. She did the ad to give exposure to Cambodia, a forgotten land that is miles away from us all (or at least the ad who this is targeted at)
If she donated the $9m to the Maddox Jolie-Pitt foundation (which I’m sure she would have) then I see no problem with the ad.
She’s using her celebrity status for a good cause… which is more than you can say for the likes of the Hilton or Kardashian sisters…..
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I’m with you, Rose. There are always going to be obscenely wealthy people who want to be obscenely expensive handbags. I think Jolie does more than most. And, as she says, if photographers are going to follow her – she may as well take them somewhere interesting. Princess Diana had the same philosophy. I’m not saying these women are perfect (or even sane) but I still give them credit for using their fame for good not evil.
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This is the reason why I admired Princess Diana so much. I was 12 when she died, and I thank her for her numerous trips to Africa because if it wasn’t for her I would’ve never known about children living with AIDS.
I’m sure she touched countless lives not just mine.
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What she said!
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Angelina works and is paid to do this and she bought herself a nice handbag (albeit an expensive one). She is also giving away some of her ‘wage’ to charity. How many other people commenting today bought themselves a new handbag this winter? and then also donated some more of their wage to charity? It’s all relative people….
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This is so true ‘guest’, it is all relative. Do I think $10 000 for a handbag is ridiculous, sure, having said that, can we (society) simply not pay someone credit when it is due. This person, who just happens to be a mega rich Hollywood star, has recognised huge injustices that exist in this world and has made a concerted effort to make a difference. What she does for a living or how much she pays for a handbag is kinda irrelevant. My spending $100 on a handbag is just as excessive (when you consider my income) and I really do very little to alleviate poverty or provide health care for children in the underdeveloped world. I say, credit where credit is due, focus on the positive, the good she does, rather than a possibility of a touch of bad taste on the brands behalf.
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Maybe $10.000 is a bit excessive but if we all spent a little more money, less often, we may not be sitting on such huge piles of landfill. My guess is Angie will have that bag for the next 30 years and pass it on to Zahara for her to enjoy when the time comes. I have a feeling Shiloh will be after Brad’s bike.
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beautiful places, talented people, ugly bags
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I love these ads. They are so beautifully shot and so tasteful. The one of Sophia Coppola and her father is particularly striking.
Well done LV.
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