Louis Vuitton Menswear S/S 2024 Paris

[mepps]

First off, I was actually on Canal Street today...

I thought I was watching a mini concert, more than a fashion show. The orchestra was lush.
Perhaps too lush, for the silly looks coming down the Pont Neuf, and the gospel choir felt like they would never shut up.

It was great that he brought out his design army, because I think they did an excellent job of creating looks that screamed Pharell.
I'm sure all of it will sell well, and the hype will be insane, but it's all so mediocre, empty and meaningless.

 

[MulletProof]

the gospel choir felt like they would never shut up.

glad you said that... gospel/pentecostal s*it, call it my catholic past, but it irks the hell out of me.. it has the opposite effect and it just makes me want to embrace satanism. Just.. shut up.

 

[Cocteau Stone]

The use of Damier camouflage/pixels will be hit among the Twitch streamers and hypebeasts with too much money just for the Minecraft aesthetic alone.

It isn't a bad collection, it's just merch. Tasteless and very easily consumed which is fine, because that is Pharrell at the end of the day. He is an industry figure that still has some kind of pull in several areas so he is both an influential figure but also a "system" that many abide by and worship.

I just question whether or not this is necessary and why a different voice/designer wasn't selected to really introduce a more distinct perspective. This isn't new or refreshing at all. Like @LANZO_358 said, it's BAPE, Billionaire Boys Club, and really his continuous amount of collabs with Nigo. There's even a whiff of Kim Jones in this, but of course Jones would have been influenced by Williams himself during his early years.

Like, did he really need to be at LV to do this? No, he honesty didn't but here we are.

 

[cantdesign]

collection was truly horrible. none of the tailoring fit right. 2/3’s of the fabric was so stiff that it didn’t move at all. all the graphics where tacky. i did like that they let a twink ride around on an ATV with luggage in the back for the entirety of the show. worse than virgil in my opinion because it had even less perspective.

 

[youthinasia]

I cannot with this look

 

[THD96]

It's just a glorified Human Made collection but with the LV Damier patterns. Very easy to digest and sell to his followers.

I mean I'm not surprised by the whole spectacle performance. Since this appointment wasn't about fashion or designing clothes for that matter, of course, he has to pull all the stunts he can get to mask the fact that he has no POV.

Whatever, it's just a parade of merchandise for the masses.

 

[Kennnnn]

I liked this - there were some interesting shapes and propositions, and several of the jackets were very cool. The bags were also very desirable. Look 60, in particular, was great. Finally, some energy at Vuitton menswear.

I also thought the look on Anna Ewers was very chic, and quite close to Vuitton womenswear in a way. What I didn't like was the damier camouflage (it just looked odd) and the damier denim (looked very cheap).

 

[FashionFanatico]

Kudos of bringing out his team.

But... maybe that was just because to prove that no GPT4 Bot made this collection up with the catchphrases: 1.Pharell's personal style. 2. Hypebeast. 2. Rainbow Colors 4. LV Damier. 5. Computer Games.

The «clothes» will sell well, but can't stand the test of time. The bags on the other side... will be a very lucrative investment.

 

[FashionFanatico]

This show is like the fashion version of the Barbie Movie.
it's perfected on the highest level and looks just so full of JOY(we got the memo, can you just shut up now) and has the perfect cast and everything is a lot of fun and colorful.

But there is no deepness or meaning in it.

it's just a fat fake fantasy to generate more hype and $.

 

[margielamike2004]

Taking my age into consideration....I'm 51....I have a hard time appreciating any of this. From my perspective.....all of it looks considerably immature. I understand that fashion is supposed to be "fun"....but when people present themselves looking like something out of a cartoon magazine...it comes across as silly...much like a joke. I can't take any of these looks, seriously. It's all too comical...clothing for clowns. I mean?? Fuzzy shoes that look like bear feet?? Yeah.......let's grow up Peter Pan....shall we??

 

[FelipeV]

Enough, I give up, this is too much.

 

[margielamike2004]

It just goes to prove....you need to have plenty of $$$$ ...to look like a fool, nowdays.

 

[Rigida]

This collection is going to age badly

 

[Lola701]

This collection is going to age badly

More than Virgil’s work?

 

[tourbillions]

i guess like some im pleasantly surprised. This is exactly the type of clothes the husbands of louis vuitton women will be wearing when shopping for ghesquires new collections. Some logos but not a complete merch line like they had before.

 

[Norden]

Collections like these are just glorified pr events. I don’t suspect anyone at lvmh thinks this is a fashion proposition. They have Nicholas for that.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

More than Virgil’s work?

About the same imo.

It's as bad as Virgil's and I was honestly expecting it to better.

The ruckus with ALL the celebrities and his own smugness really put a bad taste in my mouth. It gives me a very unsettled feeling about the state of things.

It feels like civilization is collapsing.

 

[Page666]

I agree with a lot of the sentiment here..

For me I found it very one note.. that note being Pharrell’s personal aesthetic and wardrobe integrated post Virgil…

There is no clear offer of new proposition or point of view of silhouette from a fashion purist point of view which I think is disappointing from a a major fashion house that delivers on the women’s side ever season something to talk about..

However I would say that Pharrell is primarily a musician and lover of culture so why would he not just be true to himself and authentic to him.. which is not a fashion designer in its purist sense/historical function (lol).. I appreciated that he I think he believes in all the pieces of the catwalk could be integrated into his characters wardrobe but I hope that now he has exacted this yesterday he will try and push himself to create more of a forward thinking point of view of what we would like to wear next now that we understand what his style looks like in a Vuitton context

 

[Constructionist]

Every bit as bad as LV by Virgil Abloh or the interim team. Awful clothes, hideous music, a dumpster fire from start to finish. Why are there golf carts motoring down the runway?

Criticism of the clothes is fair but the music was impeccable!

Please leav the music out of this, it was the only thing that got me through that underwhelming display of clothes and accessories.

 

[tricotineacetat]

Let the conglomerates play out their blatant cash grab strategies to the point of obscenity, perhaps that is the waking call it needs until customers realize they should think twice what kind of enterprises they are supporting by throwing their money at these behemoth kind of brands.

Designers like Nicolas Ghesquiere, Hedi Slimane or Raf Simons have had their opportunities to build houses of their own and decided instead to live handsomely as hired creatives for these brands. Perhaps the urge to aquire art collections and properties they can design is where the greater passion lies the longer they play the game.

The industry is in a state of revolt and while it's alarming that most opportunities lie in digital markets, I am starting to feel more hopeful that an educated, reflected consumer will be increasingly less enticed by the prestige of big brands the more aggressively they are being marketed.