The final bow of Paris fashion week was Louis Vuitton’s, whose collection for Fall 2018 combined the simplicity of classic French elegance with a futuristic vibe. Set in the Lefuel inner courtyard of the Louvre Museum, guests entered through the modern I.M. Pei glass pyramid to a space used for horses in the 1800s.
For the Fall 2018 women’s collection show, the courtyard was re-imagined as the flight deck of a spaceship or space shuttle.
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The bags we saw followed this theme. Ladylike top handle frame and flap purses showed in intergalactic materials – icy and silvery colors with tech-y designs.
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Petit malle, twist and Alma bags made their way down the runway as well, but they were hardly the only designs.
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Louis Vuitton also featured an assortment of shapes and sizes: large totes, flat envelopes, round box bags, cylindrical bags and clutches.
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Classic LV motifs like the monogram and logo were present but sparse in the show, though we expect the full Fall 2018 collection to have more.
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The more adventurous reader might prefer a Louis Vuitton soda can though we are not quite sure where and what that fits in either Louis Vuitton or your personal collection.
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To the extent designer Nicolas Ghesquiere was referencing time travel, it’s interesting that the collection was quite ladylike and not necessarily forward-looking. Combined with the fact that the new Louis Vuitton brand ambassador is Emma Stone – a face of the #timesup movement – maybe the message is mixed.
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Updated: March 9th, 2018
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