Sofia Coppola design shoes, handbags for Louis Vuitton
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Sure, she won an Oscar for directing Lost in Translation, but can Sofia Coppola's celluloid skills translate into the world of fashion? Apparently, Louis Vuitton is willing to take the risk on her sartorial skills, they're letting her design a range of shoes and handbags that will be launched in Tokyo -- ironically the setting of her acclaimed film -- and the sold in luxury stores worldwide. Of course, we already know that LV and the Coppolas are BFFs ever since Sofia and her father posed for Annie Leibovitz for LV's "core values" campaign. But that doesn't appear to be the only reason the French luxury designer tapped Sofia for the project. Apparently, Sofia has a background in fashion design that dates back to her pre-film days. After graduating from the California Institute of Arts, Coppola started her own clothing line named Milk fed, which, appropriately enough, is sold exclusively in Japan.
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It doesn't suck being best friends with designer Marc Jacobs. His pal Pharrell Williams created a line of jewelry and limited-edition eyewear with Louis Vuitton (and Marc's assitance), and his resident muse, Sophia Coppola, was just tapped (along with her legendary directing father, Francis Ford Coppola), to star in Vuitton's Core Values campaign.
