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LOUIS VUITTON

For its 2024 Cruise show, Louis Vuitton unveiled its Women’s

collection on the lush Italian island of Isola Bella, sur-

rounded by Lake Maggiore. The collection captures the

distinctive beauty of this exceptional setting. Like an

extraordinary fairytale it embraces a myriad of influences

to reveal a sophisticated blend of elegant Baroque touches

and sleekly modern neoprene In the image of Isola Bella

an ark of green suspended between myth and reality

Nicolas Ghesquière the Maisons Creative Director of

Womenswear uses paradox to evoke a new

balance between contemporary and ultra

romantic femininity Faithful to the designers

creative universe the wardrobe celebrates

an eclectic, futuristic and often fantastical style, reflecting

a metamorphosis from the nautical to the botanical.

Throughout the show, fairytale silhouettes evoked a

world of aquatic folklore featuring neoprene tailored into

winged wetsuits or patterned like seaweed scalelike

sequined ornaments water droplet embellishments and

embroidered shells and finlike collars On reaching solid

ground the collections prints blossomed revealing

sculpted lines while its bags channeled a postmodern

vibe adorned with the new Monogram Dune print or Épi

leather available in a range of colors With its updated

styles the collection flows between the familiar and the

exceptional the ordinary and the extraordinary

Voyage to the heart of Lake Maggiore

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