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Louis Vuitton: A Sub-Par Fashion Moment for Marc
By: Godfrey Deeny
Photos by Gruber-FWD
PARIS, Jul 5, 2002/ FWD/ --- Nice casting, but what a pity about the clothes.
Definitely not a great fashion moment at the Louis Vuitton men’s collection, where flower
workers in Yellow Submarine colors traipsed moodily around the superb soaring greenhouse
of Parc Andre Citroen, where Vuitton’s creative director Marc Jacobs presents all the
house’s shows.
Before the show, waiters with square glass trays served four different teas or sweet
martinis as guests clustered around huge, beautifully polished tree trunks, huge numbers
of them smoking.
Why the tobacco industry doesn’t use fashion folk more in ads beats me.
The collection itself was extremely casual; its dominant item was bulky, low-in-the-behind
cotton cargo pants in Pop Art colors.
These came with jersey and cotton tank tops or silk windbreakers, none in a striking cut.
The footwear was mostly old style sneakers with contrasting laces, done in pastel shades,
embossed with a Pierre Cardin-like ‘60s graphic.
Occasionally there were some fine pieces – brilliant cotton stretch leggings, stiff workerist
cotton blousons, a collector’s-item logo sleeping bag and a group of sailing windbreakers
that everyone should buy.
Yet, bizarrely, for a designer whose clothes are great at letting you navigate scores
of different social and professional situations, there wasn’t an uptown look in the show.
Don’t get us wrong, Jacobs is a great designer -- he’s just wasn’t so great Saturday in Paris.
Louis Vuitton
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