Gallery: Louis Vuitton Monogram Fails

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The Louis Vuitton company has built a strong brand cachet and has been in the game for over 100 years. Rappers and rich folk have long cosigned LV products because of its timeless designs and the fact that the high-end leather goods never go on sale.

That doesn't stop people from trying to swaggerjack the trademarked monogram logo, though. Both the classic brown and gold monogram and the more colorful Takashi Murakami print have been aped by streetwear brands and Chinatown kiosks alike. The results aren't always a pretty sight, but they sure are hilarious. So today, on Louis Vuitton's 190th birthday, we look at Louis Vuitton Monogram Fails.

Bad Louis Vuitton Tattoos

We're not jocking LV tattoos as a whole -- artist Scott Campbell drew off some amazing (although temporary) ones for the Spring/Summer 2011 show. But this just goes to show that you have to make as much of an investment in a good tattoo artist as you would in a genuine Louis Vuitton bag, because you can throw away a fake bag... but you gotta live with a bad tattoo.

Shaq Attack

We've covered the former ballplayer's off-court violations before, but we can't get over this leather jacket. It's kind of sick, but definitely gaudy. No hate on the tailor who made it though, 'cause if it's Dapper Dan, it was likely made with real Louis Vuitton fabric.

Louis Vuitton Bedding

The best part about this $99 sheet set is that each shape and LV is actually made up of smaller sentences that say "DON'T HAVE SEX WITH ME."

Soulja Boy's Name Drop Gone Wrong

When Soulja Boy dropped his Bernard Arnault EP, it was supposed to pay homage to the LVMH CEO of the same name. However, he mistakenly calls him "Robert Arnault" in the intro to "Texas." The cover, pictured above, is actually pretty harmless, but messing up the name of the person you titled the album after, only two songs through, is definitely poor form.

Louis Vuitton House

Purportedly located somewhere in Baja California's Mexicali municipality, this residential monstrosity is definitely not the House that Louis Vuitton built. To add insult to injury, it's surrounded by a chainlink fence. We're guessing the owners couldn't afford ADT after all that gold paint.

Louis Vuitton Trash Bag

What better way to stash your garbage outside your LV house than in one of these? We're not sure if this is an art piece or a parody, but we do know that creative director Marc Jacobs and his team released the $1,960 Raindop Besace Purse—which pretty much looks like a trash bag—a couple of years after this image was spotted on Kanye West's blog. Call it a case of life imitating art?

Louis Vuitton Rolls-Royce

There have been many vehicles emblazoned with the LV monogram, from an Oldsmobile Cutlass to a Vespa, but this Rolls-Royce Phantom takes the ugly cake. Allegedly owned by Prince Marcus von Anhalt, he got his title when he bought it in 2006 from Zsa Zsa Gabor and her ninth husband Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt.

It only cost him a couple million euros, but I guess that's chump change when you own over 20 brothels and nightclubs in Germany. Money may buy you a Rolls and a title, Prince Marcus, but it certainly can't buy good taste.