excerpt: Louis Vuitton. Resort 2027 - New York City

 

"As noted with Nicholas Ghesquière's Fall 2026 show, this return to form, and his imprinted tenure with Louis Vuitton, does remain to be elusive.  Be it, Ghesquière's 1950s retrofuturism, of the future that never was, at least aesthetically, portrayed in all of its hope and glory with his stylizations, and dynamic cuts in representing 50s technology will 'set you free' ethos.  This is his second New York City showing under the "Cruise" (or Resort) template, and a far cry from his first Resort 2020 collection, which was held at Trans World Flight Center at Kennedy International airport, designed by the late Finnish/American architect Eero Saarinen (d1961).  With styles on show, that reflected the modernist possibilities, specifically if the counterculture years of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s never occurred, and the cover art work of the 50s "Amazing Stories" came to life in the 21st Century..."

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Full review:  chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/06/louis-vuitton-resort-2027-new-york-city.html

(A.Glass 2026)