Excerpt: LOUIS VUITTON. SPRING 2024 - PARIS FASHION WEEK

 

"I won't go into details of the extreme opilauance and excessivess that Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton group have committing to, in their renovation of the historic 101 Av. des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris, except to say that it may try and mirror  the 10,000 sqm Dior flagship store at 30 Avenue Montaigne.  Renovations are currently  ongoing at the Louis Vuitton storefront, for its renewed mega store.  And if you do see the specifications (viewable on the LVMH website) it is, despite the turmoil of our world, it is the epitome of absurd.  And as the late French philosopher Albert Camus once said, "Existence is illusory and it is eternal.”  We are living in such interesting times, balanced precariously bwteen excesses and oblivion. You may ask; Which way will it tip?  Yes, one has to be cynical and detached, yet objectively focused on all of its illusion.  And it is the later that may materialize, in a shorter time frame..."

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Full review:  chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2023/10/louis-vuitton-spring-2024-paris-fashion.html

(A.Glass 2023)