Louis Vuitton F/W 2018.19 Paris

[YohjiAddict]

Louis Vuitton has lacked a strong proposition as of late more and this on the other hand reminded me of that first collection that was so instantly likeable and fresh. I loved the bulky jackets and the harness dresses they reminded me of those simpler days at Balenciaga that really cemented his status as the tastemaker of the aughts, it feels organic and somehow more believable than his past shows for this brand. Hopefully he keeps delivering shows of this calibre instead of the gimmicky trickstery we've grown tired of.

 

[disco54]

I saw the actual show and it was really boring. He is using these big elaborate MJ Louis Vuitton settings but the clothes don't have larger than life message and depth that MJ"s work at LV did. Ironically NG's LV looks a lot like MJ's defunct diffusion line but in better fabrics.

 

[Lola701]

One thing about the set tho. Nicolas doesn’t necessarly has anything to do with it. Showing at the Louvre is a pure executive decision that he has to manage with. LVMH is putting a lot of money at The Louvre so, part of the deal is to able to «*enjoy*» the place.
The Set this season was build in a area that has never been open to the public I believe.

Chanel is a bit similar even if the relation with the Grand Palais was initiated by Karl.

So Nicolas may decide to use a set at his advantage but doing a show at The Louvre is a strategy of power from the Suits.

 

[GivenchyHomme]

One thing about the set tho. Nicolas doesn’t necessarly has anything to do with it. Showing at the Louvre is a pure executive decision that he has to manage with. LVMH is putting a lot of money at The Louvre so, part of the deal is to able to «*enjoy*» the place.
The Set this season was build in a area that has never been open to the public I believe.

Chanel is a bit similar even if the relation with the Grand Palais was initiated by Karl.

So Nicolas may decide to use a set at his advantage but doing a show at The Louvre is a strategy of power from the Suits.

All the better reason to be more ambitious. Karl takes full advantage of the Grand Palais. The clothes and the set work in perfect unison, one doesn't outshine the other. They get their money worth, and it pays off commercially. LV is being overshadowed by the Louvre. The collections aren't worthy of such a spectacular venue. It's a complete mismatch, with that being said there is no immediate impact. The only way to sell this collection is to have it forced down our throats in magazines with purchased covers and head to toe advertorials. Chanel will be remembered because it was an incredible collection with a beautiful set. LV will be remembered when? In 3 months when the clothes start showing up in magazines? Am I wrong here?

 

[Lola701]

^^
No no, you are not wrong.
I think that Nicolas’s fashion works better in an intimate setting or at least, the idea of intimacy. His great collections at Vuitton had that. The resort in Japan or even the spring 2017 that was in the boutique Place Vendôme were great. The resort at Palms Springs also had that intimacy. I hated the Rio collection and I’ve been a bit underwhelmed by the first collection shown at the Louvre. The current spring collection, while shown at the Louvre was in an intimate set.

With Chanel it’s different because no matter if we love, hate or find that the collection is not up to the set, the whole thing is coherent. The plastic collection isn’t my favorite but Karl’s vision is so clear that you couldn’t see the clothes being shown anywhere else.

Doing Louis Vuitton isn’t simple as we know. I’ve been told that the RTW and the leather bags are doing well so he must have the pressure to deliver more bags in leather, more bags in exotic skins, more separates but the thing is that he is not MJ. MJ’s clothes were a way to attract people and to give cachet to the brand. They sold a lot of monogram pieces and had a faithful clientele but the scales are different now.

I just feel like with this collection we kinda see the disconnect between the vision of the executives and the designer...Even if the designer has total creative control. Nicolas is not Galliano and the potential of Nicolas is at his highest when he doesn’t have to put a bag on every look. The reality is that having bags on the runway almost demand a certain pragmatism...

People are comparing it to the FW08 Balenciaga collection but i don’t see how because the Balenciaga woman at that time never carried a handbag on a runway.

 

[disco54]

All the better reason to be more ambitious. Karl takes full advantage of the Grand Palais. The clothes and the set work in perfect unison, one doesn't outshine the other. They get their money worth, and it pays off commercially. LV is being overshadowed by the Louvre. The collections aren't worthy of such a spectacular venue. It's a complete mismatch, with that being said there is no immediate impact. The only way to sell this collection is to have it forced down our throats in magazines with purchased covers and head to toe advertorials. Chanel will be remembered because it was an incredible collection with a beautiful set. LV will be remembered when? In 3 months when the clothes start showing up in magazines? Am I wrong here?

Exactly you worded perfectly! Thats my point, Karl's presents a large than life collection which flows with larger than life venues. These LV clothes are not worthy of being shown at the Louvre.

 

[Morphe]

A more sophisticated, sensible approach this time.