Excerpt: LOUIS VUITTON. FALL 2023 - PARIS FASHION WEEK

"Nicolas Ghesquière rustic modernist looks continue to morph from his more utopian, sleek and retrofuturism styles of the last five years.    His flirtation with the templated appeal of the 1950's esque future-that-never -was, has since moved into, daren't I say, a more avant-garde take on the said era.  Which is turning out to be paradoxically an interesting fusion of modernist rigidity over avant-garde risqué.   Yet, the styles overall have a conservative and restrained feel, representing a more tailored array.  While incorporating a less rebellious fixture, Ghesquière has attuned his latest collection towards a more serious moot point.  Is this Ghesquière's new direction for Louis Vuitton?

In similarity to Ghesquière's Fall 2022 collection with its academia and studious styles, his reworking of the bland aesthetics of the 1960's and 1970's has to be admired despite moving away  from his futurism styles into these heavy laden and boxy looks...."

Full review:  chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2023/03/louis-vuitton-fall-2023-paris-fashion.html 

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(A.Glass 2023)