Nicolas Ghesquière - Designer, Creative Director of Louis Vuitton

[PDFSD]

When he was at Balenciaga, his clothes looked futurist (even if the roots for it were in 70s-80s past visions of the future...but it wasn´t literally retro-looking, he always found the way of making it look modern and fresh) .

But now at LV is literally retro-futurism. And it´s looking as stale as a Pierre Cardin collection, which is a really big problem because modernity and freshness are nowhere to be found.

Every time i land in Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, it reminds me of current NG LV, impractical outdated space age ala Cardin.
I think even most of modern french designers suffer from this cartoonish stiff cardboard idea of what modern is , NG , Nadege at hermes , Pierre Hardy
all stiff naive old modern with visual details with no function just like the airport CDG.

 

[Kanzai]

Bro has turned into a pop designer, same type as Pharrell, 2 sides of the same coin (both have the most contrived bows of fashion week). He loves LA and his boyfriend so much and I guess he spends most of his time min-maxing some random video games or watching French/American political news instead of actually designing clothes. Tbh I think he’s got a more interesting set of hobbies than most other designers (unlike Raf’s gang) — more like someone who can genuinely be honest about all his interests, from the very geeky and peasant to the more intellectual. I saw him and Dossena following a Dragon Ball account and I remember Julien Dossena posting a story about Attack on Titan lol. That lil Nico guy doesn’t just mimic his godfather’s designs but even copies his interests.

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

I saw him and Dossena following a Dragon Ball account and I remember Julien Dossena posting a story about Attack on Titan lol. That lil Nico guy doesn’t just mimic his godfather’s designs but even copies his interests.

I genuinely think that Julien is not copying Nicolas. They were boyfriends and it is only normal that their personalities and interests mingled in a very natural way.

It is common for couples to become like each other. Sometimes it even happens that one of them speaks saying "We..." instead of "I..."

Maybe Julien brought to Nicolas things that we don't know because the spotlight was always on Nicolas.

 

[Kanzai]

^LOL it's just me being petty and toxic, don't take it seriously.

 

[jeremydante]

Every time i land in Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, it reminds me of current NG LV, impractical outdated space age ala Cardin.

Absolutely this, great observation, @PDFSD.

 

[jeanclaude]

Every time i land in Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, it reminds me of current NG LV, impractical outdated space age ala Cardin.
I think even most of modern french designers suffer from this cartoonish stiff cardboard idea of what modern is , NG , Nadege at hermes , Pierre Hardy
all stiff naive old modern with visual details with no function just like the airport CDG.

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It´s a miracle he hasn´t still shown a collection there!

 

[PDFSD]

It´s a miracle he hasn´t still shown a collection there!

to much on the nose i guess lol

 

[jeanclaude]

to much on the nose i guess lol

Give him time...

 

[PDFSD]

Give him time...

I love this for him 🤭