Excerpt: Louis Vuitton. Spring/Summer 2026 - Paris Fashion Week

 

"...And if history does have a tendency to repeat itself, even if timelines are jumbled up, there is no doubting Ghesquière's interest in mid-century retro-futurism as a template for his fashion designs, that being his orderly, modernist impression, rather than the chaotic avant-garde of the later counterculture years.  Yet, it has been a tug-of-war of function over expression for Ghesquière, with 50s retro-futurism winning out. To which I have always found to be fascinating when reviewing Ghesquière's version of Louis Vuitton, while keeping in mind that Bernard Arnault, the third richest man in the world, who owns the Louis Vuitton brand name, is also a close friend of Donald Trump (did you know he's a Fascist?) and techno-Fascist Elon Musk, who once said, "The fundamental weakness of Western civilisation is empathy."  Has Ghesquière unconsciously or consciously representing the aesthetics of Far Right utopian 'hope', on the runway?  

Can we join the dots?  Why not?..."

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(A.Glass 2025)

Full review:  chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/11/louis-vuitton-sprinsummer-2026-paris.html