AHEAD OF 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA, WHICH KICKS OFF ON 11.JUNE, LOUIS VUITTON TODAY UNVEILED THE TRAVEL CASE IT HAS CREATED TO HOLD FOOTBALL'S GREATEST PRIZE, THE FIFA WORLD CUP TROPHY. COMMISSIONED BY FIFA, THE SPECIAL ORDER CASE, HANDMADE BY A SINGLE MASTER CRAFTSMAN IN LOUIS VUITTON'S HISTORIC ASNIERES WORKSHOP NEAR PARIS, HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE CELEBRATED TROPHY, WHICH MEASURES 36cm IN HEIGHT AND WEIGHS 6.175kg AND IS MADE IF SOLID 18 CARAT YELLOW GOLD WITH A BASE OF SEMI-PRECIOUS MALACHITE. COVERED IN LOUIS VUITTON'S ICONIC MONOGRAM CANVAS, THE TRAVEL CASE IS FITTED WITH THE COMPANY'S SIGNATURE BRASS LOCK AND CORNERS, AND HAS A DARK BROWN LINING THAT COMPLEMENTS THE TROPHY'S RICH GOLD. THE CASE OPENS AT THE FRONT AND AT THE TOP TO ALLOW THE TROPHY TO BE REMOVED EASILY WHEN, AT THE FINAL ON 11.JULY IN JOHANNESBURG, WATCHED BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE, IT WILL BE PRESENTED.
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