LV and Smoking

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Aug 5, 2006
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#1
I know i may sound like a hypocrite b/c i'm an on and off smoker. (I've quit as of 2 months ago!:yahoo:) But do you think LV glamourizes smoking in a way that it has multiple style of cigarette cases. Plus not to mention cigarette smoke is said to ruin hadbags. It even suggests the nomade one as a gift on elux!:confused1: I know france and japan are smokier than a snoop dog video but you think with emerging health trends that LV would have more yoga bags than cigarette carries.

LV isn't the only one, to my knowledge, gucci and prada both have smoking related acessories. I one saw a 4,000$ gucci ashtray!:wtf:

What do you guys think. Do you think there is still as much of a social stigma about smoking today? Lots of ?s. TIA:heart:
 
#2
i think there is less of a stigma now, but lv having smoking stuff does sort of glamourize it.
p.s. its great that you have quit (for two months at least!) that is a great achievement!
 
#4
I think there is, but I think they are trying to keep people happy by offering things for them. I personally don't think that by offering these certain accessories that the companies are "glamorizing" smoking, just keeping the customers happy. I don't smoke and never will just because LV happens to make a cigarette case. Anyway, if they don't sell, then they'll probably stop producing them, but I guess they must be selling to some people. Besides, I'm sure they fit other things besides cigarette boxes, like a small ipod etc.
 
#6
Lvbabydoll said:
I think there is, but I think they are trying to keep people happy by offering things for them. I personally don't think that by offering these certain accessories that the companies are "glamorizing" smoking, just keeping the customers happy. I don't smoke and never will just because LV happens to make a cigarette case. Anyway, if they don't sell, then they'll probably stop producing them, but I guess they must be selling to some people. Besides, I'm sure they fit other things besides cigarette boxes, like a small ipod etc.
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Never thought of it that way. I sure if LV had a huge clientelle of cowboys or lion tamers, they'd make stuff for their life style.
 
#7
Lvbabydoll said:
I think there is, but I think they are trying to keep people happy by offering things for them. I personally don't think that by offering these certain accessories that the companies are "glamorizing" smoking, just keeping the customers happy. I don't smoke and never will just because LV happens to make a cigarette case. Anyway, if they don't sell, then they'll probably stop producing them, but I guess they must be selling to some people. Besides, I'm sure they fit other things besides cigarette boxes, like a small ipod etc.
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ITA. :yes:

Carrying my LVs (among others) kind of act as my incentive to stop smoking, since I've realised my Speedy has started to smell. :crybaby:
 
#10
In some cultures (european, middle eastern) there is not as much of a stigma around smoking as in the US. Theyre probably not introducing new models of cigarette holders, they've probably been around for a while and in some countries they probably buy these. They probably dont sell as many in the US. They were probabliy more popular in the 60s, 70s, 80s.
 
#15
smoking accessories are present in most companies, i.e. tiffany has metal cigar tubes, cartier has cigarette lighters, hermes has cigar cutters and ash trays, lv has bother cigar/cigarette humidifiers and leather cases (and let us not forget the trunk made to fit something like 1000 cigars)
I guess all these brands must be selling a majority their items for their intended purpose, because none of the above are cheap one of m friends smokes and i looked into getting them a cartier lighter, they were AU $600-$800 and i decided to pass lol. To me i guess it would give me an excuse to glamorize and/or justify smoking if i already smoked

p.s. i have the 1st mono lv ipod case (yes its called that) which is identical
to a cigarette case only it has a hole at the top for the ear phone plug.
 
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