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The vibrant “sartorial melting pot” that has emerged in the area surrounding the Centre Pompidou in Paris was Nicolas Ghesquière’s primary inspiration for his Louis Vuitton Fall-Winter Collection. Through the combination of graphic juxtapositions, the clashing of cultural references, and the multiplicity of expressions, the Artistic Director follows in the footsteps of Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, the museum’s architects, by deliberately inviting lively debate.

Notable details include colorful re-interpretations of Louis Vuitton signatures such as with the Mini Luggage BB bag, as well as the application of the classic Monogram to novel forms as is the case with the playful Art Folder. Leather caps and flat square belt buckles on many of the models contribute to the overall celebration of the stylistic eclecticism of the decades that have passed since the Centre Pompidou’s founding in 1977. 

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The Centre Pompidou Museum in Paris is an emblematic example of generational architecture, representing a captivating dialogue between a daring construction and a historic neighborhood. Since its inauguration in 1977, it deliberately invited debate, a debate which evolved with the decades that followed. The recreation of this monument to modernity for Nicolas Ghesquière's Fall-Winter 2019 Show pays homage to the clash of the old with the now, a signature preoccupation of Louis Vuitton’s Artistic Director. 

The Collection that was presented against this backdrop speaks to a vision of fashion that is sure of its potential and knows with conviction how to proceed. The enthusiasm of youth creates a foundation of stylistic certainty. Nicolas Ghesquière described the Centre Pompidou and surrounding area as “a fascinating incubator of a neighborhood. An incredible mélange, converging in the epicenter. The cliques, the styles, the life… I love that impression of a sartorial melting pot. Today, I’ve transposed it at Louis Vuitton: a House of multiple expressions."

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Louis Vuitton hosted numerous guests, including Emma Stone, Jennifer Connelly, Alicia Vikander. Also in attendance at Nicolas Ghesquière's Show for the House on March 5th were Willow Smith, Chloë Grace Moretz, Laura Harrier, Naomi Scott, Emma Roberts, Doona Bae, Marina Fois, Noomi Rapace, Justin Theroux, Mark Ronson, Sienna Miller, Paul Bettany, Thandie Newton, Xavier Dolan, Indya Moore, Zhong Chu Xi, Samara Weaving, Kelsey Asbille, Nina Dobrev, Urassaya Sperbund, Catherine Deneuve, and Léa Seydoux among others.

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From within one iconic cultural institution, another rises for a finite moment in time. The concept of Nicolas Ghesquière’s Louis Vuitton Women’s Fall-Winter 2019 Fashion Show alludes to the idea of being a “museum within a museum”. Located in the Cour Carrée of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, the interior and exterior scenography references the architecture of the Centre Pompidou which sits only a kilometer away. Designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers and inaugurated in 1977, the multicultural venue rapidly became one of the most recognizable and popular modern monuments despite the considerable controversy surrounding it.

Today, the building is considered an emblem of 20th-century architecture, boasting a series of technical characteristics that make it unique in the world. With the bold conviction that an institution is also a cultural machine, the Centre Pompidou both literally and figuratively inverts the traditional structures to bring the inside out and outside in. What would normally be hidden from the public has been instead brought out and made visible with a simple color code: green for circulating water, blue for air, yellow for electricity, and red for the humans. At the Centre Pompidou, as in fashion, everything’s a matter of flow.

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The first peek at Nicolas Ghesquière's new Louis Vuitton Fall-Winter 2019 Collection is out in the form of four graphic twists on Louis Vuitton New Classic bags and one entirely new model. The Twist bag now comes in a quilted leather Damier while the Dauphine bag features the signature Fall-Winter 2019 print, a hypnotic 3D-inspired Monogram-Damier pattern. The Mini Luggage bag, launched at the most recent Spring-Summer 2019 show in classic Monogram, this time gets pops of brightly colored leather trimmings against a black-and-white Damier canvas. And lastly, the all-new LV Arch bag takes an understated shape and tops it with a distinctive cross-over handle.

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