Paris Fashion Week – Day 03: Louis Vuitton, Dries Van Noten, LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi

Paris Fashion Week third day showcased an array of proposals that went from sensuality to a transcultural narrative based on a fundamental yet uncovered drum roll, to a series of posts that invite us to explore the beauty of a new city through a post-covid lens. Today’s highlights include Louis-Gabriel Nouchi, Louis Vuitton, and Dries Van Noten.

Louis-Gabriel Nouchi

Louis-Gabriel Nouchi (I.G. @louisgabrielnouchi) draws inspiration from literature for his Spring-Summer 2022 collection. Entitled “UNAUTHORIZED1 “, the designer draws inspiration from one of France’s renowned writer’s works (the name was not allowed to be mentioned, hence the name of the collection) to present his personal vision of sensuality for this season. The narrative of a forbidden love intermingled with sensuality in a warm and humid environment define the pieces: homewear, such as robes, striped pajamas, satin lingerie, as well as underwear to wear outdoors, symbolizing the fluidity of sensuality but with the fidelity of the brand’s aesthetic and elegance codes. LGN presents a swimwear capsule, developed in recycled nylon.

Betting on the use of natural fabrics, the collection makes use of organic materials such as linen, Cupro, and organic cotton, bathed in natural dyes of coffee, beech, and hazelnut that denote softness. A new motif inspired by marbled paper adorns the iconic pieces, references to the interiors of antique books.

The collection also features two new collaborations: one with Sarah Levy on a series of marbled sunglasses and visors; and one with Philéo Paris on a shoe collection.

Louis Vuitton: “Amen Break”

Virgil Abloh delivered for Louis Vuitton (I.G. @louisvuitton) Spring-Summer 2022 a stylistic collection through an enthralling cinematic narrative full of dialogues between fashion, music, and culture through a film titled “Amen Break”.

With his new #LouisVuitton collection, @virgilabloh highlights the cultural context and collective re-contextualization of archetypes and subcultures known to all.

Louis Vuitton

Sampled, accelerated, slowed down, split, and reassembled, what has been made of this drum roll is metaphorically applied in the collection through a collective recontextualization. Just as the drum roll gave birth to other genres, the pieces in the collection are inspired by a series of subcultural dress codes. The interrelationship between the classic Damier and Abloh Artistic Director’s cultural tapestry; what is formal and street if both had the same rhythmic foundation? The same if it were a hybrid fusion between formalwear and streetwear, through a juxtaposition between pieces that have been endowed with embodied subjectivities. Just like this musical element that served as inspiration for the collection, proposing that musical genres and gestures are not inherently of any specific genre, but are produced collectively, it could also apply to the garments.

Dries van Noten Greetings from Antwerp

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