![]() ![]() ![]() Grab Your Wallet – a group that asks consumers to boycott brands associated with Trump – added Louis Vuitton to its list. The brand’s own creative director for womenswear, Nicolas Ghesquiere, protested with an Instagram post on his personal account that read: “I am a fashion designer refusing this association #trumpisajoke #homophobia”. There was push back from the broadly liberal fashion industry. The brand’s last moment in the spotlight was when LVMH president Bernard Arnault met Donald Trump for the opening of a Louis Vuitton factory in Texas in October. LVMH – Louis Vuitton’s parent company – will hope this show starts its new decade on a positive. The suits are intended as a twist on corporate wear: “don’t let your day job define you”, advised Abloh. “Gazing at the world through the optics of a child – of an adolescent or a young man – is tantamount to first impressions”, they read. The show notes explained that a childlike perspective was part of the thinking behind the show. The electronic music clashed with the homespun vibe of the set but – as all things in Abloh’s world – that was probably the point.Ī lasercut shirt with the shapes of the Louis Vuitton monogram. Atkins brought his Cybotron project to Paris – he overlooked Abloh’s show in a booth with two other musicians, both in masks similar to those worn by French electronic duo Daft Punk. The series of suits with cloud prints at the end of the show brought everything back full circle.Ībloh’s shows are an assault on the senses and for music, the designer – who has also worked as a DJ – collaborated with Juan Atkins, the DJ and musician known for his role in the development of techno in 1980s Detroit. A fox fur coat with a giant LV logo on the back was straight out of a late-1990s bling moment. Louis Vuitton is one of a number of luxury brands that are still not fur free. A particularly clever design was a shirt lasercut like guipure lace with the shapes of the monogram. Some pieces were more statement than office. The LV of Louis Vuitton as well as the famous monogram were used liberally on work bags, suits and coats. The show began with a suit and workwear was central – albeit workwear that spells out success through conspicuous logos. For this collection, that was taken literally. If the former let Abloh’s imagination run at full tilt, the other is all business. There’s a happy disconnect between the inspiration behind his sets and most of what the models wear. This is Abloh’s fourth show for Louis Vuitton, who in 2018 became the first designer of colour to be appointed at a significant luxury brand. ![]()
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