"French forbidden writer" Francois Dor writes in to add that the French court of Nanterre fined him 45.000 Euros for referring to Louis Vuitton bags as being "feces and urine colored." He also notes that the Prime Minister's wife, Bernadette Chirac, is a big fan of the bags and that LVMH chief Bernard Arnault is a big fan of the Chirac administration. Conspiracy? Probably not. General stupidity? Of course.

Louis Vuitton parent company, LVMH, forced French journalist Francois Dor to shut down his website www.oedipe.net after he posted an article on the typical LV brown and gold bag, "applying some sociological significance to its 'feces and urine colors' and the fact that 'it swings close to the buttocks.'" Let me guess: the LVMH fashion fascists didn't like what he said, so it's "infringing" on their trademark.
Tempers are rising in Milan [NYPost]