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Lisa's Underwear & Rosa Parks? Mystery Solved

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Some people imagine seeing a famous person's face on a burnt piece of toast.

Online viewers and international media however were wondering if the embroidered crotch and rear of a sexy bodysuit branded by Louis Vuitton (LV) intentionally portrayed the late Black civil rights leader Rosa Parks' face.

And, if so, why did one of Thailand's most cherished celebrities, Lisa, wear and display the dazzling, no-pants outfit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Gala on May 5 in New York?

"People think the Louis Vuitton panties Lisa wore to the 2025 Met Gala have Rosa Parks' face on them," People magazine headlined its report.

"According to Vogue, artist Henry Taylor embroidered portraits into her [Lisa's] ensemble.

"Taylor was previously commissioned by Pharrell Williams -- Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director and 2025 Met Gala co-chair -- to embroider the same design for the brand’s Men's Spring-Summer 2024 show," People reported.

After photos and questions about Lisa's outfit went viral online, Louis Vuitton said in a statement to The New York Times:

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I’ll reopen Guantanamo. I’ll reopen Alcatraz. And the electorate can sigh with a sense of relief and safety. He’s bringing back our greatness – that is to say, our racist certainty. He’s recreating a country that real Americans can understand . . . one that’s like them.

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