A vendor stands inside a Louis Vuitton store on Alvear Avenue in the Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The world's most luxurious designer brands are abandoning Argentina rather than complying with tight new government economic restrictions, leaving empty shelves and storefronts along the capital's elegant Alvear Avenue, where tourists once flocked to see the latest in fashion. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A vendor attends a customer at the Louis Vuitton store on Alvear Avenue in the Recoleta neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The world's most luxurious designer brands are abandoning Argentina rather than complying with tight new government economic restrictions, leaving empty shelves and storefronts along the capital's elegant Alvear Avenue, where tourists once flocked to see the latest in fashion. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A cardboard picker stands in front of a Louis Vuitton store, left, and the Alvear Hotel, right, along Alvear Avenue in the Recoleta neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The world's most luxurious designer brands are abandoning Argentina rather than complying with tight new government economic restrictions, leaving empty shelves and storefronts along the capital's elegant Alvear Avenue, where tourists once flocked to see the latest in fashion. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A woman walks by Louis Vuitton store at the Alvear Avenue, in Recoleta neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The world's most luxurious designer brands are abandoning Argentina rather than complying with tight new government economic restrictions, leaving empty shelves and storefronts along the capital's elegant Alvear Avenue, where tourists once flocked to see the latest in fashion. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A woman walks by Louis Vuitton store at the Alvear Avenue, in Recoleta neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The world's most luxurious designer brands are abandoning Argentina rather than complying with tight new government economic restrictions, leaving empty shelves and storefronts along the capital's elegant Alvear Avenue, where tourists once flocked to see the latest in fashion. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A woman walks by a Cartier jewelry store along Alvear Avenue in the Recoleta neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The world's most luxurious designer brands are abandoning Argentina rather than complying with tight new government economic restrictions, leaving empty shelves and storefronts along the capital's elegant Alvear Avenue, where tourists once flocked to see the latest in fashion. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A man jogs by a Cartier jewelry store along Alvear Avenue in the Recoleta neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. The world's most luxurious designer brands are abandoning Argentina rather than complying with tight new government economic restrictions, leaving empty shelves and storefronts along the capital's elegant Alvear Avenue, where tourists once flocked to see the latest in fashion. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A woman crosses Alvear Avenue in the Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The world's most luxurious designer brands are abandoning Argentina rather than complying with tight new government economic restrictions, leaving empty shelves and storefronts along the capital's elegant Alvear Avenue, where tourists once flocked to see the latest in fashion. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
