Gender equality takes centre stage for Louis Vuitton show

On the last night of a month of fashion weeks, Hollywood decamped to Paris for the Louis Vuitton catwalk show. Emma Stone arrived fresh from the Oscars along with fellow actors Sienna Miller, Michelle Williams and Jaden Smith.

The clothes were “quintessentially French”, said designer Nicolas Ghesquière after the show, which repurposed the sculpture galleries of the Louvre as a catwalk. “I looked back to the French women who surrounded me when I was growing up. The women who taught me to be the person I am today. There is a particularity to French women, and this is quite a strict collection, I think.”

This was a more traditional, ladylike show than is typical of Ghesquière, who in a stellar fashion career has pioneered an angular, futuristic aesthetic. (One of his all-time greatest hits were shoes inspired by Lego; spring’s Archlight, a bulky, jolie-laide “dad sneaker” is a new season sellout at £780.)

First on to the catwalk was a black suit with pencil skirt and matching cropped jacket, worn with an ivory blouse and black heels. As per old-school catwalk protocol, suits for daytime were followed by a “flou” section of soft dresses and separates, before the show ended with eveningwear.

Source: theguardian