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Louis Vuitton Fall 2012-2013 Runway Show

Ana

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Has anyone been keeping up with Paris Fashion week? I saw this video of the Louis Vuitton runway on one blog I follow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wd3a9T7ts4

I think the set and theme are really creative and amazing, and the music is perfect. Why do the Paris shows seem so dramatic and over the top (in a good way)? Definitely more than NYFW. I think I remember one year Chanel did a whole working carousel in some kind of a winter wonderland theme.

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Jonesy

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I have been keeping up....I have very strong, negative feelings about the LV show that I won't bore you with :). I think some of the shows are over the top because the companies have the money to spend, and apparently they think spectacles will generate buzz, sales, etc.

Did you read Cathy Horyn's review of the LV show in the NY Times? She talks a bit about LV's motivations (namely, to sell bags).

Nadia

Wow, that is really impressive! I would love to own that nice caramel coat at around 8:15.

Lori

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Besides the set/music, the bags were the absolute stars of that show, because the clothes were pretty horrific!

Ana

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Hi Jonesy! I didn't see the review in the NYT, but I will look for it. I definitely think the bags were highlighted in the show, and the clothes seemed to fade into the background (although there were a few coats that I thought were really beautiful).

Did anyone else feel like Marc Jacobs essentially designed a whole new wardrobe for Helena Bonham Carter? She's the only I can see pulling of those hats.

Anonymous

I can't think of Louis Vuitton without thinking of the movie "Leap Year," where the character Anna's suitcase ends up being called "Louis."

Movie Spoiler for the film - LEAP YEAR

http://www.themoviespoiler.com.....pyear.html

A brief synopsis and the ending will be revealed for the movie - LEAP YEAR. ... She takes a bus, and then a small tugboat to Cork, Ireland…but again, the storm messes her ... Anna takes her rolling Louis Vuitton suitcase, and starts walking.

Ana

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Whoa. "Leap Year" sounds like one giant product placement for Louis Vuitton. Kind of like "Hawaii 5-0" and GM.

Angie

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Sure I've been keeping up! (Soooooo disappointed with Chanel).

Ana, Jonesy is 100%. LV virtually has a limitless budget! You should watch the Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton Documentary (2007). It's a REAL eye opener. And you'll really like MJ as a person after it too.

To give you an idea (this is what I have heard): to hire a space, and it's just the space, at #NYFW in "The Box" (which is when the models stand and there is no ramp or movement because the venue is extremely small), costs $250 000. To hire the largest venue, where Carolina Herrera, Vera Wang, DVF and Michael Kors show, (it's called "The Theatre"), costs $750 000.

Now add in the cost of the models, clothes, materials, seamstresses, choreographer, camera person, blah, blah, blah - and your expenses creep up fast.

annagybe

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Uh, Marc Jacobs saves a ton on models. For his Marc Jacobs show in NYFW he paid his models in trade (clothes).

nicoleb

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I haven't been keeping up with Paris Fashion week but i am somewhat obsessed with The Platform on YouTube and i just watched this video today talking about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFMUWo3615g

And I loved it.

And I want some mohawk suede YSL pumps.

ETA: Cyborgs in Peplums! XD

annagybe

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I love this story about Louis Vitton

http://boingboing.net/2012/03/.....g+Boing%29

Classically Casual

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Did anyone see the Valentino show? I thought it was absolutely gorgeous.

Suz

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Am I weird because I kind of LIKE the clothes? Oh oh...

Not that I could wear any of them as shown. Although if Helena Bonham Carter can....

Ana

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Wow, thanks for breaking down the numbers, Angie. That is crazy! I wonder how much a custom built steam locomotive costs, then? ; ) I will definitely check out that documentary. Anna, very interesting about the models being paid "in trade," too.

Love all the videos you guys have posted! Thank you!

Sue, I would love to see a "woman on the street" rock one of those hats! I would definitely love to try wearing those steampunk-driving goggle things a couple of the models have on. : )

Fruitful

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Oh, wow. I haven't watched the video yet but there are pictures in Australian Harper's Bazaar Autumn/Winter supplement currently. I pored over them last night, mesmerised, and could barely stop looking. I've never connected with anything I've seen in a fashion magazine so wholeheartedly.

The train theme, the idea of ladies with porters, it just captures my imagination in a way that fits me. The twenties/thirties Orient Express references filtered through an almost 60s psychedelic perspective (with a bit of Streisandish garishness-in-a-good-way), yet with an unnerving hint of futurism.

The silhouettes, above all, fill me with happiness. It's as if they took my body and made clothes to more than match, to actually exaggerate its form. Loose fit yet never losing that pear definition. Even the hats - some say oversized cloches - are the only kind I could wear with my big head and the need to create a sense of uplift to balance my bottom half.

I should probably read up on what Jonesy cryptically referred to, and lose my illusions about how exciting and wonderful it was/is. It's not often I see something in fashion that truly delights me and makes me want to wrap myself in that world.

Caro in Oz

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"Did anyone else feel like Marc Jacobs essentially designed a whole new wardrobe for Helena Bonham Carter? She's the only I can see pulling of those hats. :)" Funny Ana yes I did think that. I loved the pure theatre of the show though. I want the hat boxes.

sharonz

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just a little....

carlii

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Louis Vuitton Fall 2012/2013 is by far the best collection and the best fashionshow by Louis Vuitton!! Just watched it at http://www.fashiontube.com, and it is fabulous! Love Marc Jacobs too!

http://www.fashiontube.com/Vid.....500b52a77/