Paris (AFP)
A choir of 200 people in costumes from the 15th century to the 1950s accompanied the Louis Vuitton parade marked by this "clash of times", Tuesday evening at the Louvre at the end of the Parisian ready-to-wear week.
On the podium of a pavilion installed in the square courtyard of the Louvre, on this day of weekly closing of the famous Parisian museum, the stylist proposed a dizzying mixture of eras and styles, materials and prints for a breathtaking collection .
"Dress without protocol," advises Nicolas Ghesquière, who calls his collection "anti total look" or "clothing tuning".
The diverted 19th-century basket dresses are associated with biker jackets, a suit waistcoat integrated into a top with wide silver shoulders and worn with zipped pants and après-skis: the most improbable combinations create harmonious and modern.
In front of a star-studded front row where actresses Léa Seydoux, Florence Pugh and Alicia Vikander were present, the designer revealed new personalized handles for the classic Vuitton Keepall bag and new "mini tote bags".
The soundtrack composed for the parade by Woodkid and Bryce Dessner is called "Three hundred and twenty" (320), the number of years combined in this baroque music in which pieces by Nicolas de Grigny, composer were injected contemporary of Bach, not recognized in his time.
"The notion of time is paramount in fashion. I wanted eras to be able to look at another, ours," said Nicolas Ghesquière in a note of intent for the show.
Louis Vuitton is supporting this year an exhibition on time and fashion called "About time. Fashion and duration" which will be inaugurated in May in New York to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met).
Nicolas Ghesquière presented this exhibition on the sidelines of Paris Fashion Week last week at the Musée d'Orsay alongside fashion popess Anna Wintour. It organizes the Met Gala every year, which brings together the biggest celebrities around a theme linked to the fashion exhibition at the museum.
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