{"id":889,"date":"2014-11-06T14:37:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T14:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/portmanteau.sg\/?p=889"},"modified":"2018-06-03T16:00:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T16:00:07","slug":"nicolas-ghesquiere-innovates-at-the-legendary-house-of-louis-vuitton-the-wall-street-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portmanteau.sg\/blog\/2014\/11\/06\/nicolas-ghesquiere-innovates-at-the-legendary-house-of-louis-vuitton-the-wall-street-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis: Nicolas Ghesqui\u00c3\u00a8re Innovates at the Legendary House of Louis Vuitton (The Wall Street Journal)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two seasons into his stint as the Creative Director of Louis Vuitton,\u00a0The Wall Street Journal<\/a>\u00a0has published a feature on Nicolas Ghesqui\u00c3\u00a8re, titled\u00a0Nicolas Ghesqui\u00c3\u00a8re Innovates at the Legendary House of Louis Vuitton<\/a>. Focusing largely on how he has fared at Louis Vuitton after a very successful run\u00a0at the helm of\u00a0Balenciaga, the article emphasises\u00a0Ghesqui\u00c3\u00a8re’s persona as a design maverick, noting in particular how his flair\u00a0for the avant-garde is already breathing new life into Louis Vuitton, and how even working with fashion’s most legendary house is unlikely to faze him.<\/p>\n

As far as fashion features go, this is a fairly straightforward\u00a0piece. Other than presenting how\u00a0Ghesqui\u00c3\u00a8re has settled in at Louis Vuitton after the excitement\u00a0of his appointment, there are also points of comparison that can now be made between his work for Louis Vuitton and Balenciaga, which help in the assessment of his vision and oeuvre as a designer. It is definitely interesting to see whether Ghesqui\u00c3\u00a8re can produce a similarly compelling and directional vision for Louis Vuitton in the way he did for Balenciaga, given that his futuristic aesthetic is so different from Louis Vuitton’s brazenly\u00a0luxurious\u00a0and lady-like heritage, established with great showmanship and\u00a0theatricality by\u00a0his predecessor Marc Jacobs.<\/p>\n

So far, Ghesqui\u00c3\u00a8re’s creation of a retro girlish sensibility is an early sign\u00a0that he is taking the Louis Vuitton woman in a very different direction. In a way, his appointment mirrors that of Raf Simons’ at Dior, where a minimalist sensibility has been paired with a resolutely feminine one. The fashion industry loves a good contradiction, after all. However, while applying a fresh twist to traditional luxury houses\u00a0keeps things interesting for jaded\u00a0fashion watchers eager to view the results of such cross-pollination attempts, it nonetheless adheres to the tried-and-tested formula of combining a big-name designer to an established fashion house. Of course,\u00a0there are enormous economic interests at stake and\u00a0Ghesqui\u00c3\u00a8re’s tenure at Louis Vuitton should prove interesting for long-time admirers of his work, but what I’m really looking forward to is when he sets up his own label,\u00a0which he claims he eventually will in the article. <\/i>When he is divested of the pressures and resources of a big fashion house while armed with an\u00a0aesthetic that has been honed over time to cater to a global commercial market, how would he navigate that unique circumstance while expressing a singular\u00a0vision? That\u00a0is the\u00a0Ghesqui\u00c3\u00a8re I am curious to see.<\/p>\n

Image Credit:<\/strong>
\nPhotograph of Nicolas Ghesqui\u00c3\u00a8re by Jamie Hawkesworth\u00a0from\u00a0The Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/p>\n

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