GOTHIC TOUCH: Nicolas Ghesquière is to parade his cruise 2026 assortment for Louis Vuitton on Could 22 on the Palais des Papes, a UNESCO World Heritage web site in Avignon, France.
The marvel of Gothic structure is a categorised historic monument and can host a style present for the primary time.
In step with its custom of supporting native heritage and group initiatives within the vacation spot cities it selects for cruise exhibits, Vuitton mentioned it could assist fund a challenge to light up the facades of the buildings dealing with the squares, together with the Palais des Papes, a cathedral, the Petit Palais, the Hôtel des Monnaies and the Resort Calvet de la Palun.
The challenge’s purpose is to “improve the monumental structure and make sure the security of the roadways across the sq.,” Vuitton mentioned in a launch shared with WWD.
The French home had already revealed the date of its present, however stored town and venue underneath wraps.
Based on the monument’s web site, the Palais des Papes is primarily the work of the 2 pontiffs who succeeded John XII: Benedict XII and Clement VI. Works had been initiated in 1335 underneath the initiative of Benedict XII. The papacy returned to Rome in 1377.
Ghesquière, creative director of girls’s collections at Vuitton since 2013, sometimes selects an architectural marvel as a transporting backdrop for Vuitton’s cruise exhibits.
Final 12 months, he selected Barcelona’s Park Güell, the fairy-tale gardens designed by modernist architect Antoni Gaudí, and in 2023, he opted for Isola Bella, the small Italian island on Lake Maggiore that has been owned by the Borromeo household for some 4 centuries.
Over time Vuitton cruise exhibits have taken place at places together with the Bob Hope property by John Lautner in Palm Springs, Calif.; Brazil’s otherworldly Museum of Modern Artwork Niterói by Oscar Niemeyer; Kyoto’s Miho Museum by Ieoh Ming Pei; the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul de Vence by Josep Lluís Sert, and the TWA Flight Heart at JFK Airport in New York by Eero Saarinen.
The cruise 2026 assortment shall be accessible in Vuitton boutiques from November.
