Paris (AFP)
Louis Vuitton closed Tuesday women's ready-to-wear week in Paris with a collection of styles, colors and prints in a tribute to the Belle Epoque.
The parade in the courtyard of the Louvre has confirmed the thirst for some opulence after several seasons dominated by streetwear.
If many brands were inspired by the eighteenth century, Nicolas Ghesquiere, artistic director of the women's collections of Louis Vuitton, founded in 1854, wanted to "return to the pleasure of the dress code".
It was inspired by the Belle Epoque, "this perennial period where Paris was a delight," according to a note of intent of the parade.
On the program, blends of bright colors such as yellow and purple or blue and burgundy, rhombuses and checks, multicolored loafer shoes, laced boots, puffed sleeves, tulip or ruffled skirts, striped trousers ...
And as if the looks were not sufficiently colorful, a giant cattleya is stitched on the lapel of jackets "as the chimeric symbol of the last refinement".
The parade took place against a background of a giant screen with the artist Sophie singing "It? S Okay To Cry" unveiled in 2017 in a version specially made for Louis Vuitton.
All the wood used for the pavilion installed for the parade in the Louvre is "from sustainably managed forests in France," said the house. At the end of the parade, the entire wooden decor will also be given for reuse as part of a partnership with ArtStock whose mission is to recycle and enhance the elements of artistic production.
Dior, another flagship house of the luxury giant LVMH, has committed to replant the trees that served as part of his parade.
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