Woman Sues Louis Vuitton
A Florida woman has filed a lawsuit against the Louis Vuitton store in Boca Raton for customer discrimination. Dakota Wesley claims that while visiting the store, the representatives were more interested in assisting other customers and that she never received attention. “The sales representatives acted as if they couldn’t see me—I don’t want to boast, but I’m an attractive blonde and I’m six feet tall; I tend to catch the eyes of people, if you know what I mean? In the store, there were younger more Hip-Hop looking men with big coats, wearing baseball caps. Some of them even wore shades; almost all of them were wearing backpacks. But some of them had been there before me, which I understand—first come first served. But some of them left and other Hip-Hip looking men entered. Still, the Louis Vuitton representatives went over to assist the Hip-Hop looking men.”
Video footage obtained by The Boca Raton Police Department shows that indeed there were exactly five Hip-Hop looking men. Representatives can be seen talking to the Hip-Hop looking men. From video footage, it appears that a brief argument ensued between one of the men and the Louis Vuitton representative. The man is seen taking off his baggy coat, then grabbing a hoodie with Super Mario printed on the front—a collaboration done with Nintendo—and trying it on. This move seemed to make a representative level up as though the Hip-Hop looking man had flagged the representative who bulleted over to assist the man, who appears to be voicing some harsh words at the representative as he takes off the hoodie and hangs it up. He stops to look at a Winona Ryder hoodie, but then looks away and exits the store.
At one point Wesley is seen standing in earshot of the Louis Vuitton Representative and one of the Hip-Hop looking men. “I don’t need any assistance, sir” is what he said. “But the representative wouldn’t really leave the Hip-Hop looking man alone. I mean, the representative took a few steps away, and squatted down as if to tie his shoe. But the representative's shoe was a slip on, so I don’t know what he was doing,” Wesley says, shaking her head. “I just wish I could get some of that service and attention while in the Louis Vuitton store. Whatever those Hip-Hop looking men were doing is what I should start doing. I’m gonna get me a big coat and a baseball cap and shades and go back into Louis Vuitton—perhaps I’ll get some attention then.”