Reverential, futuristic, timeless

Nicolas Ghesquière celebrates a decade with Louis Vuitton with a collection that’s at once very Ghesquière and very LV. The house’s historic luggage is now a dress. Silk goes edgy. Forget athleisure as technical fabrics make an elegant comeback for the jet set.

While labeled for women, much of the collection is innately genderless; Felix of chart-topping K-pop group Stray Kids modeled one of the looks during the runway show in Paris with androgynous flair. Shoulders are straight and sculptural, and silhouettes are boxy and roomy. The shoes are chunky, making for a strong stride. These allow the house’s signature textiles to shine.

One thing LV and Ghesquière have in common is their proclivity for fabric manipulation and textile technology — who can forget Ghesquière's take on neoprene in the late 2000s? This combined expertise shines in this collection with graphic motifs, lustrous embroidery, and statement-making accessories and handbags, all inspired by the house’s emblems.

Now that the collection is in stores, the Philippine LV team curates it into four edits, keeping the Filipino lifestyle — and the weather! — in mind, whether you’re spending the ber” months here or abroad, whatever your style may be.

Ghesquière maximizes the capabilities of tech jersey, the house’s signature cady crepe, and fabric blends like the scuba to create voluminous, dynamic silhouettes for the brand’s active, jet-set clientele. Luxurious knits add warmth to 3D technical fabrics, trimmed with decadent ruffles, feathers and fur on the hem. Denim lends perfectly to a gilet, drawing on the formality of traditional riding coats in a pared-back, modern shape. Wool, silk and mikado, typically used in eveningwear, are blended into structured yet lightweight directional square shoulders. And in a classic Ghesquière move, the tapered waist is offset by sharp peplum details on the hips for a play of volume. The look is at once futuristic and jet set while keeping the comfort and dynamism of sportswear.

Debuted in 2018, the cult LV Archlight sneaker is refined with an all-over look this season. For dressier occasions, the Jazz derby plays on both masculine and feminine codes in glazed calf