Paris Fashion Week: At Louis Vuitton, a reason to slow down
A feminine vision of the divine was apparent in Marc Jacobs' Louis Vuitton collection titled, "And God created woman." Set around a romantic fountain near the Louvre, the show's starting point was Vuitton’s streamlined Speedy bag: a duffel shape created in 1930 "to meet the demands of a new era of ever-accelerating travel," according to the show notes.
Jacobs flattened the iconic style, covered it in sequins and lace, and stretched it "from East to West." The result was a range of elegant, structured bags worn with retro-ladylike clothes that seemed to paid homage to the feminine, and the heyday of haute couture.
It was a story that Jacobs started telling three weeks ago in New York at his namesake show, which was also sweetly nostalgic. Here, he mined the past again, with 1950s fit-and-flare dresses or pleated skirts topped with pinstripe wool corsets, hourglass-shaped jackets with crystal buttons or girlish sweaters.
It was a way of saying that today, true luxury is not always looking for the fastest and newest. It's taking the time to enjoy quality and craftsmanship.
-- Booth Moore in Paris
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Photos: Louis Vuitton's fall 2010 runway in Paris. Credit: Peter Stigter & Jonas Gustavsson / For The Times
Great collection! Love the way you put them all together. Nice post!
-mikee
Posted by: wholesale hama | March 11, 2010 at 06:03 PM
Every model is wearing a ponytail and it shows their support for Dawn of Orlando, FL; who should not be forgotten. The ponytails coupled with the somberness of their facial expressions is a look of solidarity and their fashion statements say, free Tilly!
This style speaks a modern day Audrey Hepburn with a respectable glamour look for women of all ages. It is very becoming and lovely. Perhaps a sweet sixteen dress and prom gown can follow. I applaud.
Posted by: Somber | March 24, 2010 at 12:47 AM
wow! all the clothes are beautiful. i like them very much.
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