Nicolas Ghesquière - Designer, Creative Director of Louis Vuitton

[fashionista-ta]

I guess older and wiser is not in play here

 

[tricotineacetat]

It would have made me so happy if the news would have been that he had left Vuitton in pursuit of a label of his own - It gives me the shivers to see his obvious talent wasted at a house where clothes are build around accessories and not the other way around.

 

[Lola701]

^^
He has said in a recent interview in Madame Figaro that he still want to have his own line.
Maybe he is collecting the money necessary for that.

I wonder if he will do it while at Vuitton or after the 5 years..

 

[dior_couture1245]

Oh well.

I think his own line would have been a more interesting choice. But obviously he’s comfortable. I’m sure the salary is fabulous.

But I think the longer he’s at Vuitton, the more I think his track record shows that some constraints do wonders for his creativity.

With his limitless budget at LV, I just see lots of poor decision making. I don’t get the impression anyone in his team is ever asking themselves “is this actually any good?” When money is no object, that’s not a question that ends up getting asked often, I don’t think. When every penny counts, every choice matters. Aside from the first collection, which felt pretty reserved in retrospect, the rest has been extremely overworked, gimmicky and frankly all very clunky, tricky and forgettable. You remember the big venue...but the clothes? I can’t say as much.

His best work at Balenciaga was always the earlier days up to the mid-00’s where it was so obvious how small the budget was...and yet what a miracle he and his team made with that! Sometimes having parameters forces a creative individual to make smarter, sharper, cleverer ideas.

I think if he were to do his own line...I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw that glimpse of brilliance again. But I don’t think we’re gonna get it here at LV.

 

[Lola701]

^^
Exactly.
I’ve said it many times that his approach to Vuitton is very different from the one at Balenciaga.
Balenciaga was a niche brand where he was the creative director and had control over everything. From the stores to the campaigns, it was really his vision.

At Vuitton, he knows that he is contributing to something «*bigger*» than him.
At Vuitton, the clothes has to serve the bags and not the way around. He is doing a diluted, stylized version of commercial clothes to go with the commercial bags of Vuitton.

MJ bags were seasonal and he never had to design a «*new bag*» in a way.

I think that Nicolas is keeping the good for himself. His frustration at Balenciaga was that he gave everything but they didn’t have considérations for his ideas. Here the goal isn’t the same.

I just can’t wait the day when he will start to collaborate with Pierre Hardy again. We know he is going to do the shoes.

Nicolas’s strength is that he has already put his stamp on classic items that could be a part of a permanent collection.

 

[fashionista-ta]

The best I can say is that his apartment is gorgeous ... putting that stunning paycheck to good use.

 

[Frederic01]

EXCLUSIVE: Louis Vuitton Is California-bound With Its Next Cruise Show
Louis Vuitton is heading to California on May 12 to unveil its cruise 2023 collection. Expect an architectural marvel as the venue.

FEBRUARY 11, 2022, 12:01AM

Nicolas Ghesquière is California dreaming: Louis Vuitton’s artistic director of women’s collections is heading to the Golden State on May 12 to unveil the French house’s cruise 2023 collection.

WWD

 

[TunHakii]

Louis Vuitton CEO says Nicolas Ghesquière’s contract will be renewed

Michael Burke dismissed rumours that the womenswear creative director will be leaving at the end of his contract after a bold leather goods-heavy resort show in San Diego, California.

Louis Vuitton CEO says Nicolas Ghesquière’s contract will be renewed

 

[LadyJunon]

Louis Vuitton CEO says Nicolas Ghesquière’s contract will be renewed

THANK GOD!!! He is the saving grace of LVMH.

 

[Drusilla_]

I've loved his collections over the last few years - he really seems to be honing that knack of modernised historical references (LOVED the SS2022 panniers and quite a bit of AW2022 too). It's good to know he'll be back but I'm under no illusions about the clothes vs bags issue, he struck gold with the Petit Malle and I guess LVMH is hoping he'll keep hitting handbag gold.

 

[LadyJunon]

Who going to do the menswear though?

 

[Deleted member 7575]

^^
Exactly.
I’ve said it many times that his approach to Vuitton is very different from the one at Balenciaga.
Balenciaga was a niche brand where he was the creative director and had control over everything. From the stores to the campaigns, it was really his vision.

At Vuitton, he knows that he is contributing to something «*bigger*» than him.
At Vuitton, the clothes has to serve the bags and not the way around. He is doing a diluted, stylized version of commercial clothes to go with the commercial bags of Vuitton.

MJ bags were seasonal and he never had to design a «*new bag*» in a way.

I think that Nicolas is keeping the good for himself. His frustration at Balenciaga was that he gave everything but they didn’t have considérations for his ideas. Here the goal isn’t the same.

I just can’t wait the day when he will start to collaborate with Pierre Hardy again. We know he is going to do the shoes.

Nicolas’s strength is that he has already put his stamp on classic items that could be a part of a permanent collection.

Bingo. I totally agree.

It's interesting, I went to a LV store in an affluent but middle American city. They don't sell the rtw and you could say the assortment is skewed towards the conservative. It's a money maker store, the kind of store that I imagine makes up the bulk of LV's sales. And yet, every item from the bags to the shoes to the key chains and baubles had Ghesquire's design DNA in them. Besides the men's items, he's touched every product in that store.

His influence and impact go far beyond the runway collection. He's the engine fueling LV's success.

I am not at all surprised that his contract was renewed (and no one else should be either if you check the earnings report).

 

[CholoChic]

how much does he earns?

 

[Frederic01]

A detail from Ghesquiere's home in Paris. The re-design of his home can be seen in the September issue of The World of Interiors for those who are interested!


MICHAEL BARGO

 

[Frederic01]

Photography: Matthieu Salvaing

When the designer Nicolas Ghesquière buys a wing of an 18th-century Paris hôtel particulier you know not to expect anything in the least conventional. True to form, having charmed architect Valerio Olgiati into joining his mission, fashion’s great adventurer embarked on reimagining it with marble, museum-worthy pieces by the Memphis Group and a soupçon of Stanley Kubrick. The result, writes Hamish Bowles, is a sleek shrine to design – and, with its sci-fi touches, an exploration of space in more ways than one.

THE WORLD OF INTERIORS

 

[susseinmcswanny]

So cool! Also his new house in LA is sooooo gorgeous I am so jelly I wanna be friends with him ; _ ;

 

[Frederic01]

From the September 2022 Issue of World of Interiors:



WORLD OF INTERIORS

 

[Frederic01]

VANITY FAIR

 

[vetements]

Thanks Frederic01 for sharing this.

Happy to see that he can still be so humbled despite all these achievements. Also, the intelligence, eloquence and knowledge about what he is doing.
Hoping the newer designers can develop to be like this, or even better when they reach their number of years in their profession.

 

[eugenius]

I wouldn't mind seeing him go back to JPG for his couture collection, but, honestly, I'd rather see him get rid of that awful marble bedroom first.