I have the silver one and it's... um, shiny-shiny and does indeed have embossed stars or what I at first thought were familiar looking leaves-of-ill-repute, but they're not - the only item from V4L that I thought less than beautiful. But not awful. I love the sometimes-criticized logo-laden batts - I think very elegant and def Louis Vuitton . Def aching for the x-long batt case to arrive, and flavor restock, and new auto PT...