Louis Vuitton designer Nicolas Ghesquière typically selects an architectural masterpiece as the backdrop for his resort collections, and Barcelona's Park Güell, the fairytale park designed by modernist architect Antoni Gaudí, ticked all the requirements for your 2025 cruise show.
At golden hour, a battalion of celebrities including Sophie Turner, Ana de Armas, Jaden Smith, Phoebe Dynevor, Naomi Osaka and K-pop star Felix gathered for pre-show cocktails at the hillside venue Known for its winding benches covered in colorful mosaic fragments.
“It's huge and spectacular,” Cynthia Erivo said. “All the shapes and sculptures on the roofs are wild and whimsical. “It’s really beautiful.”
The “Wicked” star said she loves seeing the traveling collection lit in different destinations.
“It's really special because you can see what has inspired the pieces that will walk the runway, and combining sculpture and structure with pieces that are usually structural feels really inspired. It feels really “kismet.” I like the combination of a place and a piece together,” she said.
As twilight fell, guests were ushered into the hypostyle hall, where benches snaked around a forest of Doric columns. The surreal setting proved to be an appropriate backdrop for programming that veered between '80s couture references and equestrian touches.
Ghesquière gave the collection a distinctive Spanish flavor, with a “shade and sun” palette that played out in monochromatic silhouettes, many of them topped with graphic hats. He sprinkled flamenco-inspired polka dots and bright fringes into his signature architectural looks, but stayed away from pastiche.
Rather, the show, with its soundtrack that combines Gary Numan's “Music for Chameleons” with Malcolm McLaren's “Madame Butterfly,” suggested a mood.
Think of Barcelona's golden youth heading to a gala party circa 1986. Ghesquière played with the exaggerated volumes of that era with jewel-colored satin dresses and tiered skirts. Her jodhpurs came with ruffled draped hips, while metallic floral embroidery echoed Gaudi's swirling organic designs.
For cocktail parties and polo matches, he offered tailored jackets with sharp shoulders and sleek jumpsuits with criss-cross pocket belts, or jodhpurs paired with draped blouses and furry fringed boots that were sure to be at the top of men's wish lists. stylists.
Ghesquière's vision of Spain was as strange and twisted as the colorful facades of Barcelona, and it was no less true.
Vuitton is making its presence felt in the city ahead of sailing's biggest event, the 37th Louis Vuitton America's Cup Barcelona, which begins in late summer. A specific capsule collection, presented last week, will cover all the sports needs of the brand's customers.
For pure escapism, this was the perfect trip.
