Louis Vuitton has been roasted over an costly pair of trainers that price round 80 instances greater than an analogous wanting pair produced by Lidl.
The style home’s LV Coach, which was designed by the late designer Virgil Abloh, incorporates flashes of the funds grocery store’s iconic blue, purple and yellow.
Their signature LV initials brand is emblazoned on the trainers, whereas the outsole is “debossed with Monogram Flowers”.
The footwear are mentioned to take seven hours to hand-stitch and value a whopping £960.
And lots of have joked that the trainers look just like ones beforehand on sale at Lidl supermarkets up and down the nation.
The funds grocery store launched its personal line of branded trainers, with the identical blue, purple and yellow colors taking centre stage.
Punters flooded to shops to get their fingers on the footwear, which got here in at a extra wallet-friendly £12.99.
Lots of the trainers later surfaced on web sites comparable to eBay, with sellers making an attempt to flog the gutties for lots of of quid.
Lidl shortly made gentle of the comparability with Louis Vuitton over social media.
One tweet learn: “Almost 100x the value. Minus 100000x the type.”
Consumers additionally joined within the on the enjoyable quickly after.
One buyer wrote: “You contacting the legal professionals @LidlGB? Would possibly need to ask @AldiUK."
One other added: “Lidl’s trainers ultimately promoting for £1,000 on eBay.”
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