First, there was a CG trailer with the Final Fantasy XIII character. Then, there was an interview. And now, Louis Vuitton shops are plastered with Lightning. There’s one word for this and that word is “surreal”.
In Japan, commenters on the popular bulletin board 2ch have been uploading photos of Louis Vuitton shops and real-world ads with Lightning.
[Photo: 2ch]
[Photo: 2ch]
[Photo: 2ch]
Incredible. The most amazing thing might be that this isn’t Japan only. Lightning is appearing at other Louis Vuitton shops around the world.
Lightning ya decora las tiendas Louis Vuitton de España (foto de @KuraudoStraifu) Info: https://t.co/KA3IdpQ5E5 pic.twitter.com/QyxH1n8Fd3
— koi-nya (@koinya) January 18, 2016
Pues sí, aquí está #Lightning #FinalFantasy de modelo de Louis Vuitton. Nuevos Ministerios #Madrid .@KochMedia_es pic.twitter.com/YevKV5gErI
— Maui (@Maui_Belen) January 19, 2016
Al fin tengo internet y puedo mostrarles que ya vi el escaparate de Louis Vuitton con Lightning 😀 pic.twitter.com/xHksQoq87G
— MissFcknRokz (@PonyRokz) January 19, 2016
Even more Lightning spotted at Louis Vuitton in Westfield Shepherd’s Bush ? pic.twitter.com/lLCkTLgNBH
— Hollie Bennett (@HollieB) January 24, 2016
Lightning y Louis Vuitton en las calles de Paris https://t.co/EiCt9rgogk pic.twitter.com/7O1JMThMxJ
— MeriStation.com (@MeriStation) January 18, 2016
Lightning is a Louis Vuitton model? I don’t know how to feel about this… pic.twitter.com/s9BvxFgfnL
— Simon and Martina (@eatyourkimchi) January 28, 2016
Lightning Louis Vuitton Realness #Seattle pic.twitter.com/BHoDknI9Az
— Brian Moreno (@B_Ri) January 24, 2016
Top image: 2ch
Comments
14 responses to “That Final Fantasy And Louis Vuitton Collaboration? It Exists In The Real World, Too”
Call me cynical but I’m pretty sure the venn diagram of FFXIII fans and people that buy Louis Vuitton would have bugger all overlap.
Was very much thinking the same thing.
Anyone who bought all three ff13 games obviously makes such bad life decisions they’d never have enough money.
At this point Final Fantasy XIII fans don’t need to be advertised to though. Now just the general public and fans who left the series need to be reminded about it and reeled back in before games like XV and VIIR come out.
No use preaching to the choir? I think this isn’t such a bad move. Marketing potential aside, just an association with high fashion isn’t a bad thing to have.
Least it shows how mainstream and accepted gaming has become!
You may consider me part of that overlap.
She’s not really that much less real than the models they usually use for this kind of thing…
Good one.
Make sure to get your SJW clubcard stamped on the way out :p
You seem lost.
Lost like the plot of ff13.
Haha, given the amount of airbrushing is usually involved with models, you make a convincing argument!
Was in Japan, saw these in Shinjuku!
I really don’t get why Squeenix have such a mad-on for Lightning, or why they think this is such a good idea. People who don’t know Final Fantasy (i.e the target market for Louis Vuitton) will think this is absurd. People who DO know Final Fantasy… mostly hate Lightning, one of the LEAST-popular protagonists the series has ever seen. And yet Squeenix are obsessed with ramming her down our throats at every opportunity.
Lightning has one of the best character designs IMO but good god her character is as 2-dimensional as those billboards.