The French fashion house is following in the footsteps of their collaboration with Icône et Iconoclastes, by collaborating with architect Frank Gehry by inviting him to design the boutique windows for Fall/Winter 2014-2015. Frank Gehry is considered one of the most influential architects of this time. He is famous for building the musée de Guggenheim in Bilbao, as well as…
If you are in London this September, then you are in for a sweet treat from Louis Vuitton. The French fashion house will open its first pop-up shop in London’s Dover Street Market during Fashion Week this September. The temporary space will showcase Nicolas Ghesquiere’s debut Autumn/Winter 2014 collection for the brand. The tight edit of the ready-to-wear collection including…
Chanel and Fendi’s creative director Karl Lagerfeld, founder of Comme des Garcons Rei Kawakubo, luxury shoe designer Christian Louboutin, photographer Cindy Sherman, architect Frank Gehry, and industrial designer Marc Newson have been invited by Nicolas Ghesquiere, Louis Vuitton’s creative director to collaborate on a project dubbed “The Icon and The Iconoclasts.” The powerhouses in the worlds of fashion, photography, and…
Designer Louis Vuitton is set to (finally!) open up a new museum outside Paris in the northern part of the Bois de Boulogne on October 27. The Louis Vuitton Foundation, designed by Canadian architect Frank Gherry, contains 11 galleries for corporate art collections, as well as an auditorium for performances and special planned events. Gherry designed the building to resemble…
Louis Vuitton announced the appointment of Nicolas Ghesquire as their artistic director of women’s collections, just weeks after Tom Ford announced that he was retiring from the house. They assumed that Ghesquire would bring a new modern approach and vision to the label’s womens collections. Together, Ghesquire and Louis Vuitton will escalate women’s collections to the future, while still preserving…
Colorful bags are trending this season, and in a variety of shapes too. Step away from your traditional shades of black, white, brown, and grey, and find the bright colors that make you genuinely happy to be taking that purse to work. “Triangle Handbag in Smooth Calfskin Indigo” – Céline “Trapeze Handbag in Multicolor Smooth Calfskin Sunflower” – Céline LUGGAGE…
The Louis Vuitton label decided to celebrate the line’s 160th anniversary by recruiting the one and only Karl Lagerfeld. No, Ghesquiere, is not losing his position. The brand has brought Lagerfeld on for his interpretation of the beloved LV monogram. Lagerfeld is not the only designer being recruited, Marc Newson, Christian Louboutin, and Rei Kawakubo will also be a part of…
Thomas Tait wins the Young Fashion Designer prize given by LVMH. Tait is a designer working in London, whose Fall/Winter collection from 2010 was in London’s fashion week. The competitors are determined by eight of its creative directors who choose who they think would qualify as the young fashion designer of the year. The qualifications are that the person must…
Adele Exarchopoulos, Charlotte Gainbourg, Brit Marling,and Carine Roitfeild were some of the honorable guest among many others in the Louis Vuitton Resort runway showcase. The show was Nicholas Ghesguiere second collection for Louis Vuittion. Ghesguiere was the designer for Balengcia and this resort line pays homage to his scuba/ surfer look that he did in 1997-2012. Resort wear…
