Creative Director Nicolas Ghesquière explores the concept of French style in the Louis Vuitton 2023 Autumn/Winter women’s collection. Compared to the emphasis on surrealistic designs in the past, this season is consistently luxurious and delicate, yet more in line with “everyday dressing,” presenting a unique French style.
This season’s fashion show once again takes place in the Musée d’Orsay, with collaboration from artist Philippe Parreno and production designer James Chinlund. Accompanied by the sounds of rain, trains, and planes, as well as the mesmerizing music conceptualized by Nicolas Becker, the show presents a dazzling set concept with changing lights, adding a strong sense of mystery and allure to tell the story of French fashion.
Creative Director Nicolas Ghesquière brought a total of 44 looks this time, interpreting his vision of French style in the Louis Vuitton version. The designs this season are highly wearable, including dresses, coats, suits, knits, etc., and they embody the brand’s exquisite craftsmanship. For example, the camel coat appears to be made of wool fabric at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it is actually embossed leather.
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In addition, many “French elements” have been added, such as handbags and gloves in the colors of the French flag, coats with French button decorations, handbags in the shape of French door signs, and glasses inspired by the mask from “The Phantom of the Opera”. All these small details make this collection look more “French”.
But what exactly is French style, Nicolas Ghesquière doesn’t have an answer, he just hopes to provide different interpretations through the collection, because it can be both refined and elegant, and also carefree and unrestrained, and everyone can have their own French style.
