The collection reveals a “nuanced aesthetic,” combining graphic motifs, lustrous embroidery, avant-garde accessories, and emblematic handbags.
It’s been a decade since French fashion designer Nicolas Ghesquière wowed spectators at his first runway show as artistic director of Louis Vuitton. At the time, Ghesquière was fresh off a “wildly impactful and critically acclaimed” 15-year stint as Balenciaga’s creative director, a role that cemented his status as a fashion world icon and earned him a reputation as one of his generation’s most original designer.
The shoes he had to fill in were huge—they were Marc Jacobs’ after all, but Ghesquière successfully made the French luxury fashion powerhouse as quintessentially French as it can be. Fast forward to a full decade later, the 53-year-old stuns the fashion industry once again in a show that’s an homage to his past and a celebration of his ongoing run as the venerable brand’s creative director.
Four thousand attendees were invited to the fall/winter 2024 anniversary runway show. Ghesquière pushed his vision for the house forward, L’Officiel reports, while examining house codes like savoir-faire and travel.
Along the way he left a few Easter eggs that fashion fans will surely catch, such as the metallic-thread embroidered jackets halfway through the collection, which is a nod to a first-season jacket and spring/summer 2018 coats; while the furry looks were a fall 2015 reference. The exaggerated and blown-up trunk print that model Mica Argañaraz wore called to mind the spring/summer 2023 collection.
As he did at his debut, he left a typewritten note to the thousands of guests who attended his show at the Cour Carrée du Louvre. “This joy is still here,” Ghesquière writes. “Ten years later, this evening is a new dawn.”
