Marie Claire Australia — June 2017

Ghesquière brings

an edge to Louis

Vuitton, blending

inspiration from

Paris’s Left and Right

banks (linked here by

the Pont Alexandre

III bridge, left),

with futurism and

technology.

The Louis Vuitton artistic director

takes the traditional fashion house

on a journey towards a new aesthetic

NICOLAS

GHESQUIÈRE

DESIGNER DOSSIER

W

hen you’re a

fashion house

built on bags,

how do you make

sure the clothes get their share

of the spotlight?

In his three short years

as artistic director of Louis

Vuitton, Nicolas Ghesquière

has turned the Vuitton woman

into a new breed. With fitted

silhouettes and tractor-sole

boots, she’s more of a warrior girl

beamed in from a retro-tinged

fashion planet – and her clothes

are giving the cult bags a run

for their money.

Ghesquière, 45, developed

his combination of technology

and couture during his 15-year

tenure at Balenciaga, energising

the label with “robo-woman”

leggings and Lego-inspired heels,

a sharp, futuristic aesthetic still

evident in his Vuitton designs.

In a rare chat, Ghesquière

tells us about his love for manga,

Paris and Paloma Picasso.

Clockwise from

above: the Eye-

Trunk for iPhones;

the iconic Petite

Malle bag; Louis

Vuitton created his

first trunk in 1858.

LOUIS VUITTON S/S 2017

$1420,

Eye-Trunk

iPhone case

$10,700,

Petite Malle bag

FASHION