After months of speculation, scheduling and test shoots, the first Spring 2009 Louis Vuitton ads have been revealed, starring none other than Madonna.

The result is six atmospheric pictures of a smoldering Madonna by Steven Meisel that will break in a range of fashion magazines in February. “It’s a big change from what we were doing.

It tells a story,” said Antoine Arnault, Vuitton’s director of communications. “This I think is an amazing coup, but more than that, there’s real logic behind it. It’s very linked to Marc’s fashion show.” [..]

Madonna has signed a deal worth $10m to become the face of Louis Vuitton’s 2009 spring/summer ad campaign.

She was photographed in Caf̩ Figaro from Los Angeles РCafe Figaro is located off Vermont and Sunset for all you L.A. based readers Рby Steven Meisel, styled by Marie Amelie Sauve (working as a fashion editor for Vogue Paris and as a consultant for Balenciaga) and Garren (for the hair)

The ads are expected to be racy as Meisel was the photographer behind the images for Madonna’s notorious 1992 book ‘Sex’, which was released as an accompaniment to her fifth studio album Erotica.

Madonna is no stranger to ad campaigns having previously starred in ads for Gap, H&M, Versace and Max Factor.

Last month the original James Bond, Sean Connery, was photographed by Annie Leibovitz for Louis Vuitton’s Core Values ad campaign. Connery was shot lounging around in the Bahamas.