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"Vacationing In Vuitton"
Marc's resort line: Very sweet, very 60s
NEW YORK: Thursday, June 16, 2005
With the resort 2006 collection Louis Vuitton presented yesterday at the Gansevoort Hotel’s Garden patio, Marc Jacobs noticeably abandoned his dark, mysterious ways for fall and has now surrounded himself by his newest leading ladies: Jackie O and Audrey Hepburn.
Much like the collection that Frida Giannini presented for Gucci on Tuesday, Vuitton’s pieces displayed a lighter, airier take on fashion—though still conservative, tightly edited, and highly commercial—with a twist. Lace and macramé graced jackets, tops, and skirts; coats, one of the key elements of Vuitton’s collections season after season, were fashioned in lace with jeweled button brooches and in full volume, with rosebud buttons on the backs of sleeves and down the front. Jacobs played up the use of stylized flowers—a trademark for the French house—as evident by the short fringed-rope dresses and draped cotton jersey tops. A stunning piece was the soft pink scrunched top embellished with a dark rosebud print and adorned by miniature pink flowers. With the exception of two black skirts, a minidress, and a mustard colored one-piece suede shirtdress, the 17-piece presentation never strayed far from a delicate shade of rose.
Jackie O would most certainly have approved of the shoes, which ranged from low square heels to a high Lucite sandal, with the exception of one pair of gladiator sandals, adorned with the company’s signature flower. Totes featured the company’s old-school poster in honor of 101 Champs Elysées, and handbags were of the soft, beachy mini monogram print kind, complemented by pebbled leather and shown with matching floppy hats.
Overall, the collection was created with tremendous attention to detail, raising awareness of the fact that resort has become a serious consideration. “I’d say it is one-third of our spring business, if not near half,” remarked Jean-Marc Gallot, the company’s USA president. “We have come to realize the importance of cruise and are taking it very seriously. Cruise is becoming more and more important for us.” This line, for example, will reach stores by November and remain viable for six months—through March.
Clothing and coveted handbags, however, weren’t the only attention-getters yesterday. Vuitton capitalized on its resort showing as a chance to formally present its full-fledged eyewear line, which will also hit stores in November. The 12-piece collection—six feminine, two masculine, and four unisex styles—are a separate venture from the recent collaboration between Jacobs and Pharrell and Nigo. The pieces, inspired by film noir, are a varying assembly of dark-hued frames, with high prices owing to the use of acetate in lieu of plastic, a special glitter pigment developed for the frames, and the ever important Vuitton name, which is not stamped, but rather set into the plastic, like marquetry, according to a spokesperson.
JIM SHI" source: fashionweekdaily.com
Marc's resort line: Very sweet, very 60s
NEW YORK: Thursday, June 16, 2005
With the resort 2006 collection Louis Vuitton presented yesterday at the Gansevoort Hotel’s Garden patio, Marc Jacobs noticeably abandoned his dark, mysterious ways for fall and has now surrounded himself by his newest leading ladies: Jackie O and Audrey Hepburn.
Much like the collection that Frida Giannini presented for Gucci on Tuesday, Vuitton’s pieces displayed a lighter, airier take on fashion—though still conservative, tightly edited, and highly commercial—with a twist. Lace and macramé graced jackets, tops, and skirts; coats, one of the key elements of Vuitton’s collections season after season, were fashioned in lace with jeweled button brooches and in full volume, with rosebud buttons on the backs of sleeves and down the front. Jacobs played up the use of stylized flowers—a trademark for the French house—as evident by the short fringed-rope dresses and draped cotton jersey tops. A stunning piece was the soft pink scrunched top embellished with a dark rosebud print and adorned by miniature pink flowers. With the exception of two black skirts, a minidress, and a mustard colored one-piece suede shirtdress, the 17-piece presentation never strayed far from a delicate shade of rose.
Jackie O would most certainly have approved of the shoes, which ranged from low square heels to a high Lucite sandal, with the exception of one pair of gladiator sandals, adorned with the company’s signature flower. Totes featured the company’s old-school poster in honor of 101 Champs Elysées, and handbags were of the soft, beachy mini monogram print kind, complemented by pebbled leather and shown with matching floppy hats.
Overall, the collection was created with tremendous attention to detail, raising awareness of the fact that resort has become a serious consideration. “I’d say it is one-third of our spring business, if not near half,” remarked Jean-Marc Gallot, the company’s USA president. “We have come to realize the importance of cruise and are taking it very seriously. Cruise is becoming more and more important for us.” This line, for example, will reach stores by November and remain viable for six months—through March.
Clothing and coveted handbags, however, weren’t the only attention-getters yesterday. Vuitton capitalized on its resort showing as a chance to formally present its full-fledged eyewear line, which will also hit stores in November. The 12-piece collection—six feminine, two masculine, and four unisex styles—are a separate venture from the recent collaboration between Jacobs and Pharrell and Nigo. The pieces, inspired by film noir, are a varying assembly of dark-hued frames, with high prices owing to the use of acetate in lieu of plastic, a special glitter pigment developed for the frames, and the ever important Vuitton name, which is not stamped, but rather set into the plastic, like marquetry, according to a spokesperson.
JIM SHI" source: fashionweekdaily.com
