Louis Vuitton’s Latest Release Is a Slap in the Face to Jamaica and Africa

The luxury fashion house tried to appropriate Caribbean culture and instead disrespected Black history

Bonsu Thompson
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5 min readFeb 5, 2021

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Design by Felton Brown

Any clothing item made of 49% polyester with a $1,340 price tag is a commerce crime. That’s the ask for Louis Vuitton’s newly released Jamaican Stripe Pullover LV…

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Bonsu Thompson
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Bonsu Thompson is a writer, producer, Brooklynite and 2019 Sundance Screenwriters Lab fellow.