Gorbachev Gets Fashionable
 
 

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Former Soviet Union President Mikhail S. Gorbachev landed a new gig: Louis Vuitton model!! NY Times' Eric Wilson explains:

The Vuitton ad, however, is part of a campaign to emphasize the company’s heritage in luggage and travel accessories. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, the ads include other celebrities using Vuitton bags: Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf cuddling in a hotel room, their bags not yet unpacked; Catherine Deneuve resting on a trunk in front of a steaming locomotive; and Mr. Gorbachev in the back of a car with a duffel bag on the seat next to him. Of the group, Mr. Gorbachev appears the least comfortable. He is holding on to a door handle, as if the bag contained polonium 210.

This isn't Gorbachev's first foray into the wild world of advertising. The 76-year old Nobel Peace Prize winner formerly appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial. His modeling career's obviously moving in the right direction.

As Wilson points out, however, L'Oreal probably won't be courting Gorbachev, nor his legendary birthmark. Unless it's for a new cover up, perhaps…

 
 
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Comments (5)

No. 1 · Woof

I thought he was dead?

Posted: Jul 26, 2007 at 1:17 pm
No. 2 · Jiblets / Jossip

[...] know what's more surprising. The fact that former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is the newest Louis Vuitton model or the fact that he's voluntarily carrying a [...]

Posted: Jul 26, 2007 at 6:00 pm
No. 3 · Louis Vutton in the hizzhous at The Mad Finn

[...] I gotta say that Gorbachev dude is one handsome man, and stylin' with his new Louis Vutton gear. [...]

Posted: Jul 27, 2007 at 6:40 pm
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[...] Header image thanks to Queerty. [...]

Posted: Aug 3, 2007 at 10:00 am
No. 5 · Jiblets at MyQaeda Celebrity Fashion Blog

[...] know what’s more surprising. The fact that former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is the newest Louis Vuitton model or the fact that he’s voluntarily carrying a [...]

Posted: Aug 15, 2007 at 10:05 pm
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