Nicolas Ghesquière gave a new meaning to luxury sportswear with his cruise collection for Louis Vuitton last week. Held at The Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum in Rio De Janeiro, where models came down a giant and curvy ramp (now you know why the models walked in flats) the clothes were spectacular.
The show opened with a series of colour blocked, scuba diving suit inspired maxi dresses featuring thigh baring slits and abstract cut outs. Some had buttons on the slits and some came with a ruffled mini dress overlay (the khaki one was a favourite). There were car racing motifs on most of the clothes and I loved how the iconic Damier checks were reinvented in monochrome to look like a NASCAR flag. There were cool basketball shorts and even a pair of slit track pants bearing the LV monogram on the sides. However, the most interesting part of the collection to me were the colourful windcheater jackets and dresses made from parachute fabric. I can't imagine how tricky it would have been to make such sporty elements look so fabulous. Light as air and easy to move around in, these babies are without a doubt going to grace most of the high fashion magazine covers when resort season kicks in. Ghesquière infused a feminine touch through the use of sequins as was seen from the shimmery short skirts and the shiny skinny scarves casually adorning the models' necks.
Amongst the mini dresses, the sexy A-line ones in suede with the bra shaped cut outs and leather detailing on the pockets and the flirty ruffled dresses with embroidered soccer player illustrations were to die for. And then there were jackets, especially a short black number boasting oversized metal hardware as buttons that stood out beautifully from the outerwear. Accessories, which are the bread and butter for most luxury brands were plenty at Louis Vuitton. A Keepall and Petite Malle bags with NASCAR graphics, multiple versions of the Twist, a new fringed half moon shaped bag and the most talked about Boom Box bags will leave bag lovers spoilt for choice. The ankle length, gladiator style flip flops are going to be a sure shot hit and so will the belts.
Making luxurious, yet comfortable sportswear inspired clothing is an art very few can master. And Ghesquière is one of them. This was a collection that will stay in my mind for seasons to come.
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