Excerpt: Louis Vuitton. Fall 2025 - Paris Fashion Week

 

"...And for his Fall 2025 collection, he held the event within the halls of the "L’Étoile du Nord", a disused 19th Century train station, in homage to the famous "Étoile du Nord" train, which linked France to Belgium with all its European romanticism.  And trains, throughout the 1900s offered the Italian Futurists, prelude to Fascism, the thrill of speed, and unchecked human progress as it cuts through forests, mountains and nations, so it seems fitting that Ghesquière holds a similar sentiment of 1950s esque progress.  Also note, the 2013 science fiction film Snowpiercer was an inspiration for the collection.  Of course, I am not calling dear Ghesquière a proto-Fascist, even though his boss does like Trump, be it that his latest collection, as mentioned, offers a defined avant-garde slant on some of the more rigid Louis Vuitton style's of the last 10 years.  Is there a subtle backlash forming from Ghesquière?

With an eclectic array of the mix and match, 'thrift look' trend which ended suddenly pre-COVID 19 in 2019, noting Ghesquière's layering and ad hoc stylisations, it is by far his most experimental collection to date.   Incorporating a patchwork of fine wools, polyamide, lace and tartan patterns, the Fall 2025 styles is all about handbags and that Louis Vuitton motif, which has been clevely demoted throughout the latest collection, allowing Ghesquière to recraft his branding of Louis Vuitton, almost like a reset.    

Ghesquière once again, has proven how skilled he is as a designer, with his innovative attempt at restructuring his own trademark styles, whilst tweaking the Louis Vuitton template.  He revealed a stunning collection."

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(A.Glass 2025)

Full review: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/03/louis-vuitton-fall-2025-paris-fashion.html