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It's no secret that Asia is a booming market for luxury goods—especially logo-driven status brands such as Louis Vuitton. To that end, Vuitton has announced its first-ever Asian male face of the brand, Taiwanese model Godfrey Gao, who will appear in the spring campaign carrying a Damier Graphite "Elvis" messenger bag, which will arrive in Singapore stores beginning in March. [BagaholicBoy]