EXCERPT: LOUIS VUITTON. SPRING 2024 - PARIS FASHION WEEK

 

"...We have two major conflicts in the world that make the first Cold War pale in comparison, and overconfidence and arrogance has reached new levels after the pandemic passed, while it had killed a large portion of the human race, we have all raced back into consumption on the hopium that the new normal will return, that being pragmatic spending of the Middle Class.  All the while new cold war foe China buys up Western luxury via its maniacal stimulus programs.  What could go wrong?  Probably a lot at this point in time, yet LVMH must commit to its budgets and shareholders, thus the extremity of the over development of their new Louis Vuitton store in Paris must go on.

And in its absurdity, the utopian futurist designer and creative director of Louis Vuitton, Nicolas Ghesquière, who has shifted back and forth from dark inclinations seen in recent showings, returned to his grandeur of a redefined 1950's - esque vision of the future that never was.  So, the Spring 2024 collection feels very positive in its overall presentation.

It is one of the more textured arrays by the Belgium designer, keeping in tune with his previous seasons, Ghesquière has revealed a fusion between the synthetic materials and the non-synthetics, to which Louis Vuitton maybe increasing synthetic stalwarts such as viscose and polyester as to be the predominate blend in his use of wools and cotton..." 

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

(A.Glass 2023)