Louis Vuitton Cruise 2015 Monaco

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^^i'd almost commit a crime to get my hands on one of those shearling aviators...
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[tricotineacetat]

The more I think about it - I don't think Ghesquiere is at his very best doing sweet and coquettish femininity. The best of his work always retained a sense of androgynity, lending the clothes a 'boy-ish' cool, hence making a woman like Charlotte Gainsbourg his natural muse. A good amount of these clothes in their candy-coloured hues would look absolutely ridiculous on her.

 

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^yeah- but he actually does amazingly great and feminine dresses and skirts as well...
the cut of his dresses can be right up there with prada...
very chic and feminine without the sugary sweetness of say, valentino...
completely elegant...

i can't say i like all of this...
but the black, leather trimmed pant suit is pretty great...
(can't you see charlotte in that?!)
and the trousers are great as an underpinning...
you just have to wear them with a heel and something longer over top, which is how he showed them, for the most part...
they will elongate and flatter anyone's legs...
granted, the cotton candy colors are a bit difficult to wear...but surely they will also come in black and possibly navy...
i'd really like them in navy, actually...

i'm not into the styling at all, but i can see nice pieces mixed throughout...

 

[tricotineacetat]

^yeah- but he actually does amazingly great and feminine dresses and skirts as well...
the cut of his dresses can be right up there with prada...
very chic and feminine without the sugary sweetness of say, valentino...
completely elegant...

i can't say i like all of this...
but the black, leather trimmed pant suit is pretty great...
(can't you see charlotte in that?!)
and the trousers are great as an underpinning...
you just have to wear them with a heel and something longer over top, which is how he showed them, for the most part...
they will elongate and flatter anyone's legs...
granted, the cotton candy colors are a bit difficult to wear...but surely they will also come in black and possibly navy...
i'd really like them in navy, actually...

i'm not into the styling at all, but i can see nice pieces mixed throughout...

Yes, the very YSL-looking FW'09 collection, with it's 1940ies inspired devore velvet dresses, comes to mind in that case - But you are right, a Ghesquiere creation - however seductive and sexy it may come across - NEVER came up as sugary sweet.

I don't know, I think with those pantsuits, I find that they look wayyy too 'put together' in a womanly, almost matronly way. I don't really see those jackets as something you would just want to throw over with anything, wear open in a casual way over a slouchy t-shirt like you could with his brocade silk jackets from SS'06, the naval uniform jackets from SS'05 or the schoolboy blazers from FW'07 (which I believe, happen to have brought out some of Ghesquiere's most recognizable collector's items)... That casual, effortless approach to wearing a piece of tailoring is what I find to be the key of Charlotte Gainsbourg's or Emmanuelle Alt's decidedly 'french' effortless cool... It's the key of success to people like Hedi Slimane's Saint Laurent or Christophe Decarnin's Balmain, and most certainly also, Nicolas Ghesquiere in his most sellable Balenciaga collections.

It remains to be seen how large the Vuitton ready-to-wear collection branch will actually be and if there is indeed a much larger part in the showroom for the store buyers to choose from (in other colour ways and fabrications)... it's difficult to get decent transparency as the company does not wholesale. I don't know if the idea to let saddlers work on dresses is a necessarily good and credible approach to develop a ready-to-wear identity for Vuitton - what women wants to wear a stiff, hardware embellished dress?

 

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I agree with everything Tricot has said.

 

[TheoG]

If anyone was interested the song for the finale was Röyksopp & Robyn - Monument

 

[ultramarine]

All I can say is that this collections made MJ's LV look basic.

I love how the pieces from his sting at LV look better on PEOPLE than on models.

Awesome, wearable, commercial, contemporary collection! I really like what I see!

 

[elle_gb]

This is definitely Louis Vuitton's ready to wear! you could wear every pieces from this collection on the street and look totally chic. I love it!!

 

[VersaceVixen009]

The dresses are PHENOMENAL. Definitely be ready to see them heavily editorialized. The last look on Liya is amazing! The black dresses too!!

 

[Alyssa-K]

I love Nicolas Ghesquière's designs so much. It's like Louis Vuitton has totally changed in only two collections, I never cared much for MJ's collections. But those two by Nicolas were amazing.

 

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Highlights from the show!

 

[Frida]

A Trip or a Voyage by Juergen Teller
Shot by Juergen Teller featuring the Louis Vuitton Cruise 2015 Collection.































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[Fatalefashion]

^Loved it, Nicolas + Juergen

 

[LagerfeldBoy]

I feel like it's a tropical version of what he sent out last season for his debut. However, the details are what keep me coming back That look on Mae has obsessed and I loved the new versions of the mini box clutch he did, especially that embellished spike version (I also adore the spike belts). There's a look with a sequin, embellished blueish top with a black skirt. I loved how the top's colors resembled the different shades of blue in the sea.

 

[Phuel]

LOL, a lot of the comments I am reading here sound like complete copies of what the press is *of course* raving about in Nicolas Ghesquiere's return at Vuitton.

I don't know when was the last time pastel pink and yellow trousers with contrasting stitching and oversized, exposed zipper pulls or pantsuits in ugly bad-taste floral prints were regarded as chic, let alone make people want to let their credit cards burn, something that his more pragmatic creations at Balenciaga circa the early or mid-2000s definitely did.

It's funny that Ghesquiere urged on the timelessness of his wardrobe approach for Vuitton, yet delivers clothes that have never before looked as 'trendy' as ever before. A lot of these clothes will look incredibly dated in less than 5 years time.

Fully agree.

But, this is Louis Vuitton, the biggest luxury brand out there that's equally coveted by 12-year-old tweens as fashion insiders. I don't think there has ever been any criticism of this brand, and the propaganda continues. Nothing new.

And in all fairness, Ghesquiere is, of course, capable of so much more than this. Pretty, feminine, coquettish and cute in clashing, cheerful prints and candy-colors are very mainstream and sells very well at the moment. This is just his version of that. And for the most part, it's so much better than the pack of designers who do "cute" as their signature. And, once taken apart as separates, it's a mighty impressive, and all-out luxurious offering that's very wearable., and versatile.

Who knows what he's obligated to follow fashion-wise for the Vuitton brand, but I'm sure he's wiser for not giving them his pure signature, at least not right away.

Ghesquiere has always come across much more intelligent, very self-awared, and business-sauvy than one of those I'm-an-artist-and-I-can-only-follow-my-heart type of designer. I get the impression he's saving the best for later-- or his own label.

 

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Teller and Ghesquière are such a good combo.

 

[Frida]

May 17, 2014 Monaco By Nicole Phelps

The steep, winding streets of Monaco are fenced up and guardrails hug every curb. The Grand Prix begins here next Thursday, but this weekend belonged to Louis Vuitton. Team LV set up a see-through tent with custom-made Pierre Paulin seating for three hundred in the Place du Palais, and Nicolas Ghesquière favorites including Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jennifer Connelly, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Brit Marling, Ziyi Zhang, and Mackenzie Davis sat in the front row. All of them stood up when Prince Albert and Princess Charlene, accompanied by a battalion of security guards, walked in with Bernard Arnault.

The Cruise collection, Ghesquière's second show for the LVMH powerhouse, was an elaboration of his first. He's still thinking about "a wardrobe," but these clothes were significantly more embellished than what he did for Fall, and, by extension, more playful. Ghesquière appeared to be having quite a good deal of fun: collaging mismatched prints, embroidering lace with tiny seed beads, and accessorizing with spiky silver belts and gladiator sandal-boots that inched up toward the knees. Deep pink was paired with baby pink, and caution orange with yellow and sea blue—"a game of colors," he called it. It made his debut look almost austere by comparison.

At Vuitton's March show, the blinds louvered open; here, the curtains closed and moving images of water flowing over rocks, shot by the artist Ange Leccia in Corsica, began playing on the video screens installed in the floor. "I liked the spirit of the girls walking on digital water," Ghesquière said, referring to the Oceanographic Museum around the corner from the Palace. Aquatic motifs extended to the clothes. Coral branches were embroidered on a flaring, knee-length skirt, and the printed top it was paired with was decorated with two cutout portholes. Formula One, another Monégasque reference, got callouts of its own in the form of a snug racing car red leather jacket and a jersey dress printed with a checkered flag motif.

Ghesquière is still liking the fit-and-flare silhouette he introduced for Fall, but there was more diversity on the runway tonight. High-waisted, slightly flaring trousers will stir memories for fans of the leg-elongating pants he used to make at Balenciaga; on the other hand, embroidered slips with scalloped hems were among the least structured things he's ever done. And because this was a Resort collection—in stores longer than any other season—the show ran the gamut, from a sheared fur coat to jersey T-shirt dresses. The handbag offering has grown, as well: The Petite Malle now comes with a chain handle, and he's added a new, wide-mouthed bucket bag.

The overriding impression was of a designer not holding back. There was an engaging new eclecticism, but it didn't come at the cost of the easiness that he established as one of his key LV codes back in March. The sensational first look—a silk top inset with LV's classic monogram pattern embroideries and a pair of those high-waisted flares—captured that yin-yang best. Other looks, like the printed pantsuits, seem destined to garner the cult status that so much of his output has in years past. So, Ghesquière is enjoying himself at Vuitton? "I am. I'm inspired and I'm very happy." It's catching.




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[Not Plain Jane]

For Cruise/Resort standards it's grand, but the individual pieces are very hit-or-miss. I'm not overly impressed... but I don't dislike it either.

Pretty much exactly my thoughts!