As far as symbols of ’80s excess go, it’s hard to beat Cindy Crawford  (she of big hair and voluptuous — by model standards, anyway — body) and  
MCM (Mode  Creation Munich), the Euro leather goods brand, whose flashy logoed  caramel-colored bags gave even Gucci and Louis Vuitton a run for their  money. (Did we mention this was the ’80s?) The MCM ads were equally  flashy, featuring Crawford perched on a pile of suitcases or posing  wearing nothing except a giant MCM logo. (If that weren’t enough, they  were signed “I want my MCM” and “The beginning of a beautiful  friendship.” 
Awwww.) And while you might think that such naked  consumption went the way of the world economy, you would think wrong.  Not only has the brand been on a store opening spree with 15 new Saks  Fifth Avenue boutiques and a Beverly Hills Rodeo Drive boutique  scheduled for later this year, but it has signed on as a sponsor for New  York fashion week. MCM is even recreating its Cindy Crawford campaign,  this time around with the model Coco Rocha. Under the circumstances, the  images are a bit more modest — Rocha’s mane is tamed down, and she’s  wearing a bustier dress — but the message is not lost.