so louis vuitton has two interesting distinctions going for it: they make the ugliest, yet most copied, expensive bags for women with to much money and or no sense what-so-ever.  so it was interesting when Mikhail called up the folks at the ridelugged press office to announce he was shilling for a fruity/crappy french company.  it seems he lost a bet with Putan, although he claims he ‘wanted’ to shill his name out.  anyway, we got exclusive outtakes from the photo sessions, including two never before seen photos, one of the prototype Mikhail bag, shaped like his ubiquitous head marking thing (birth mark? curse of the capitalist? alien abduction map of St Andrews 16th hole?) and the other photo of Mikhail’s revised french-ified head thing (stain from a brain drain? bruise from a boxing match with the gipper?).  anyway, here are the world exclusive photos.

each bag is said to contain 500,000,000 soviet era rupees, the current equivalent of $1.29.

the jury is out (and mikhail aint tellin’) whether this is a brand (ha) or a result of something more nefarious (genetic birthmark rebranding, too much fois gras, a bad night on the town with Scarlett).