EXCERPT: LOUIS VUITTON. RESORT 2025 - BARCELONA

 "...Ghesquière's Louis Vuitton, after a decade of giving the iconic fashion house an infusion of 20th Century idealisms, has very much offered a positive slant for the luxury brand.  Holding the recent Resort show at the famous Art Nouveau architect Antoni Gaudi’s, Park Güell.  Constructed in 1900 with the idea of building a vast Park inspired complex in Barcelona.  Gaudi reworking of Neo-Gothic and classical Greek architecture which was seen throughout Europe, whilst in tune with the Art Nouveau movements of the day.  Gaudi’s Utopian spectacle was interrupted by the onset of World War One, and was never completely finished or realized as a sanctuary per se.  In the decades that followed, the Park Güel Utopia became nothing more than a tourist destination.  Gaudi's utopian visions were seemingly lost in time.

Has Ghesquière reawaken them?  Yet, his latest array does not at all feel like a homage to the great Spanish architect, nor does the collection hold any utopian presence.  And of late, I have noticed Ghesquière's recent styles, have instead revealed a darker and more defined edge..."

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Full review: Louis Vuitton.  Resort 2025 - Barcelona 

(A.Glass 2024)