| It's been in the news lately that a number of famous | | | | There's a lot to like about advertisements like this. One |
| people have been endorsing a certain high-line luggage | | | | of them is that it's actually probable that somebody as |
| manufacturer's wares. What's for certain is that it's | | | | rich and powerful as Mikhail Gorbachev was (and |
| attracted quite a bit of attention, especially as to the | | | | probably still is, in many ways) travels around with a |
| people who have been doing the endorsing. In this | | | | couple of attractive and well-made Louis Vuitton |
| case, Mikhail Gorbachev acts as a spokesperson for | | | | handbags. Another is that they pass along a certain |
| Louis Vuitton handbags, while others have been | | | | aura to those who can afford the bags or luggage. |
| endorsing travel cases and the like. | | | | This aura is part of what sells just about any |
| This is quite something for the former head of what | | | | celebrity-endorsed product, and Louis Vuitton gets it. |
| used to be one of the most powerful Communist | | | | Besides Mikhail Gorbachev, the maker has had three |
| nations on the planet, at one time. Due to forces | | | | very famous American astronauts (each a trailblazer |
| beyond Gorbachev's control, though, it began to | | | | in his or her own way) depicted with their own LV |
| dissolve away in 1991, eventually becoming the | | | | handbags by their side. The Gorbachev ad, shot by |
| nominally-democratic nation we today know as Russia. | | | | Annie Leibovitz, evokes a certain Soviet-era sense of |
| Still, it's also fairly certain that Mikhail himself was | | | | reminiscence along with a modern sensibility. |
| probably more capitalistic in outlook than collectivist. | | | | Truthfully, one can almost picture a slight twinge of |
| And what does all this say about Louis Vuitton | | | | regret in Gorbachev's eyes as his limo driver takes him |
| handbags? After all, they're probably one of the most | | | | by the Berlin Wall, but one also gets that without his |
| high-cachet, well-known marques in the world today, | | | | actions - engaging in perestroika with U. S. Presidents |
| and the LV line of luggage and bags is seen hanging | | | | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush - there would |
| on many a famous celebrity's arm these days. | | | | be no limo for him because he and the average Soviet |
| Actually, the luggage is probably seen being carried by | | | | citizen would not have had a chance to grab at riches |
| that celebrity's aide or assistant, but that's another | | | | which only capitalism can make possible. |
| story for another time. | | | | What's not to like when somebody like Mikhail |
| Mikhail Gorbachev, though, is depicted in a recent Louis | | | | Gorbachev acts as a spokesperson for Louis Vuitton |
| Vuitton handbags ad sitting in a limousine, passing a | | | | handbags, to be honest? It validates all that economic |
| part of the old Berlin Wall, which was taken down by | | | | theory on capitalism and the ad itself looks very stylish |
| the people of East Germany during his tenure as | | | | and speaks well of Gorbachev's sense of humor |
| Soviet Premier. It also has to be said that he still looks | | | | about his momentous role in human history. Also, we |
| pretty good, considering he's now 76, which means | | | | get a chance to take a look at a very nice LV |
| that he was in his relatively-young early 50s when he | | | | handbag, and that's not a bad thing. |
| became the Soviet Union's leader. | | | | |