Nicolas Ghesquière, artistic director of the label’s women’s collections, presented her vision of French glamor on Monday in the gallery of the Musée d’Orsay. An attitude problem.
A day of madness on the left bank of Paris. In front of the Musée d’Orsay, a large crowd braves the cold, hoping to catch a glimpse of the celebrities waiting for the Louis Vuitton show. Sedans with tinted windows follow one another. With each new arrival, the shrill screams of the fans show the popularity rating of the stars. Actresses Ana de Armas, Léa Seydoux, Sophie Turner, Noemi Merlant, Alicia Vikander won the votes in a happy roar. Emma Stone comes through the back door. The thirty minute delay in regulation has already been largely reached. The parade must begin.
However, the star is still missing. He finally comes. Zendaya is there, it’s a riot! She steps forward in an ultra-sexy set of mini shorts and a tiger-print blazer over a revealing black bra, brushing a square and a devastating smile. An icon of a whole generation, a cult heroineEuphoria and: Sand dunes , waves to the crowd and rushes to his seat in the front row next to Pharrell Williams, Louis Vuitton’s new artistic director of men’s fashion, under the crystal chandeliers of the museum’s Napoleon III-style lounges. The show begins.
A confident look, hands in pockets, baggy trousers worn with a men’s vest, at the Louis Vuitton Fall-Winter 2023-2024 show. BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS
The vision of the French touch
On the eve of the general strike, a free and democratic expression that the French have mastered so well, Nicolas Ghesquière is interested in a completely different national characteristic: the French style. “What is French style? ”, asks the respective art director. His entire Fall/Winter 2023-24 collection pays homage to this.French touch that never ceases to captivate” the entire world while delivering its own vision. What he calls a “puzzle”.
French style, according to Louis Vuitton, is epitomized by these girls strutting around in sensual floor-length dresses wearing oversized casual knit sweaters that break up the silhouette. (Fall-Winter 2023-2024 ready-to-wear show). JULIAN DE ROSA / AFP
Mix eras
We find the endless charm of French glamor in these newly created classic suits or these wise dresses with banker stripes; It’s all a matter of attitude, a way to mix eras, cultures, clothing, of course. French style is evident on these girls, who stroll in sensual halter dresses worn over oversized casual knit sweaters that break up the silhouette. They create a paradox, suggest a mystery. This style shines on the silhouettes of the parks, completely transformed in large volumes, as if inflated with sovereign energy, on remarkable ornate dresses. This is further shown by the confident look of a woman walking nonchalantly with her hands in her pockets in baggy trousers worn with a man’s waistcoat. “It’s a complication in a dilettante gesture,” sums up the designer.
A very couture collection that highlights the unique know-how of the workshops of French fashion houses like Louis Vuitton. BENOIT TESSIER/REUTERS
The essential and the exception
This season, fashion designers go straight to the point. Of course, there is a need, a necessity in the air. This urgency has not escaped Nicolas Ghesquière, who grasps the zeitgeist like no one else. His collection, refined, with its own classicism that never breaks away from visions of the future, is authentic. Moreover, it is also very couture, highlighting the unique know-how of the workshops of French fashion houses like Louis Vuitton. A certain idea of elegance to be associated with the priceless French exception.
Source: Le Figaro
