Louis Vuitton Marc Jacobs

"My favourite colour is shiny" 

Fifteen years ago Marc Jacobs became the creative director of the house of Louis Vuitton; his work has since given the house a whole new cool and chic edge. To celebrate the partnership between Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs the Musée des Arts décoritifs held a beautiful exhibition spanning over two floors, one for each of the two innovators. As I took a trip to Paris for my birthday back in the Spring I decided to visit the exhibition, I've been a huge fan of Jacobs' work for the house for a few years now and really wanted to see them for myself! The exhibition opens with two portraits of the two men, one a drawing of Louis Vuitton from the 18 hundreds and a recent Rankin photo of Marc Jacobs. As I stated the exhibit is spread between 2 floors. The first floor focuses on the work of Louis Vuitton and the start of the brand, so we get to see gorgeous gowns from many years ago and also some of the iconic Louis Vuitton trunks. 

From the second floor we can then compare how Jacobs has revolutionized the brand and made it what it is today. There are screens upon screens of both still and moving images of Jacobs’ inspiration over the years. This includes images of Barbara Streisand, David Bowie, clips from South Park, Marie Antoinette (2006), The Wizard of Oz, and Mia Farrow to name a few. A large wall is dedicated to the iconic bags quaintly in cake cases. Some of Louis Vuitton's most famous garments were presented in different window displays, some with balloon heads others with animal heads bringing out Jacobs' quirky, fun style. Opposite was a rotating cog with beautiful Louis Vuitton shoes. It’s was a beautiful exhibition perfectly illustrating the past and present of the powerful French house, moreover with the beautiful Parisian setting it couldn't be more perfect

“I’m in a position of being respectful and disrespectful. I want to do something rebellious, and also to CELEBRATE this icon.” –Marc Jacobs

Chloé

Chloé. Attitudes

As I said in my previous post, just yesterday I was fortunate enough to visit the beautiful city of Paris, whilst in Paris I visited the Chloé retrospective at the Palais De Tokyo. Chloé. Attitudes is an exclusive look at the house of Chloé over its 60 years. Featuring signature pieces from each of Chloé’s nine key designers – from the Maison’s progressive founder Gaby Aghion, to its present creative director Clare Waight Keller – the show is neither nostalgic nor chronological. It takes a thematic path through the very best of Chloé’s creativity, pausing at key moments within its history.
The exhibition is curated and designed by renowned exhibition-maker Judith Clark and staged in the newly refurbished galleries of Le Palais de Tokyo. The centre’s exhibition space was expanded from 8,000 to 22,000 square metres in 2012, making it one of the largest cultural institutions devoted to contemporary culture in Europe.
Having not known a huge amount about Chloé's past, the exhibition was a magnificent insight in to the past and present. The exhibition featured beautiful photographs of Chloé garments from over the years and then mannequins on display featuring different looks from the house over the years. 

The exhibition runs from 29 september  to 18 november 2012 so you haven't got long to see it but if you happen to be in Paris I suggest you take a look! 
 

Paris Je T'aime

Bonjour!

Yesterday I visited Paris with uni, it was my third visit to the city and unfortunately was only for the day. I totally feel you cannot do Paris justice in one day alone (I find it difficult to see Paris in 3 days let alone 1) in fact a lot of the time I felt like we were still in London!

We visited the Chloé Retrospective at the Palais De Tokyo which was a nice insight in to the famous house and all its past designers, there will be a post on this after! We then had lunch and strolled around the Louvre Palace and past the Jarden des Tuileries and Place de la Concorde then down the Champs Élysées for a look in the Louis Vuitton store. 

I'm hoping I can go back next Spring for my birthday with my sister as theres still so much I want to do in Paris, it still remains one of the most beautiful cities I've ever seen.

Givenchy Haute Couture

Very Irresistible!

For my vis and comm brief  I am looking at market sectors within the industry; Couture fashion, Luxury brands, bridge and diffusion brands and fast/high st fashion. I have chosen a few of my favourites from each to have a little look in to in a bit more detail! 

Here I'm going to look at some of Givenchy's best Couture pieces from recent years. Since Riccardo Tisci joined the house in 2005 he has recreated the label adding his own melancholic, often Gothic and sometimes fetishistic, design take. Since then the label and the man himself have received renowned critical acclaim. 

Wishlist

1. Jacket from Topshop 2. Gathered Wool Top from Cos 3.Cable Knit Jumper from La Garconne 

4. Blusher from Mac 5.Amos Pull on Chelsea Boots from Topshop

November Wishlist

Obviously the real thing is much longer, here is much(much) a shorter list. Looking for suitable winter clothing and you can never have too many jackets, in desperate need of blusher also! Also on wish list is to see the Disney princess pop-up boutique at Harrods feeling very festive and excited

Lanvin Spring 2013

 

 

 

                   

Lanvin

Having a quick look at some of Lanvin's latest offerings as I'm focusing on the brand for my retail and PR project. I'm going to rebrand one of their oldest fragrances 'My Sin' but I wanted to look at their ready to wear collection to make my fragrance relevant to where the house is today. 

POP!

Design, Culture, Fashion

Featuring at the Fashion and Textile museum is a retrospective look at British design, culture and fashion spanning across the 1960s, 1970's and 1980's. Focusing on these three eras as they seem to be those that have influenced modern day the most.
The exhibition takes up the entire museum space and goes through in chronological order. There is a small room upstairs (supported by High street label Oasis) featuring famous prints from the chosen eras including Richard Avedons famous portraits of the Beatles.
I loved the 60's part as I've always been a fan of the era and I think its influenced today more than anything before with music and fashion etc.
Personal highlights were the 60's sections and this amazing studded leather jacket from the 1980s.
It gave a great insight in to the time with overhead music it felt like you were delving back in to the past, especially in the 50's room set with added jukebox!
The museum also offered workshops and exclusive tours for the exhibition, which would be really interesting!

LBJ

Chanel Little Black Jacket

On top of Tim Walkers beautiful exhibition I also visited the Chanel Little Black Jacket exhibition at the Saatchi gallery. 

Featuring over 100 black and white portraits of famous faces wearing the iconic Little Black Jacket, styled by Carine Roitfeld and shot by Karl Lagerfeld. Feauturng iconic faces such as Daphne Guinness, Freja Beha Erichsen, Sarah Jessica Parker, Anna Wintour and Kanye West among many many others it surely is a modern day fashionista hall of fame. 
Set in a cool, low lit space of the Saatchi spanning over three rooms the exhibit shows how timeless the jacket is given being an iconic part of Chanels history.
The print was in no way as good a quality as that of Tim Walker but it was still beautiful in its own right. Moreover everyone received a free poster which felt nice to take away of bit of Chanel with you! (probably the closest I will ever get to a Chanel jacket)
Where the Tim Walker exhibit felt dream like and beautiful, this felt much more edgy, modern and cool. 
You can also pick up the accompanying book if you missed the exhibit priced at around £45 pounds its a bargain for the workmanship and quality of the book and little piece of Chanel you can hold on to forever!

The Little Black Jacket exhibition runs from 12th October until the 4th November at the Saatchi Gallery

Storyteller

  

Tim Walker Storyteller                                                                             

Having always been an avid fan of Tim Walkers work I was keen to visit his latest exhibition at Somerset House.               
After seeing advertisements in Elle and all over the underground I knew that I couldn't miss this.
Supported by Mulberry the exhibit is a beautiful journey through some of Tim's most beautiful pieces of work. 
Tim easily transports you to fairy tale worlds with every beautiful image, which seem like something you'd see in your dreams. With this in mind, you would expect his exhibition to portray a similar feeling, and it most certainly did.
Not only were the beautiful images hung on the walls perfectly (printed in excellent quality) but there were also gigantic props from his past shoots. The props were dreamlike and beautiful, but in another respect seemed sinister and creepy, with giant cello playing bumble bees and ginormous snails adorning the ceilings. 

The exhibit was set out beautifully with some prints mounted on the walls and others mounted in crates adding the vintage feel of Walkers work. 
From the beautiful elegant setting of Somerset House to the luxury sponsor, there were exceptionally high expectations for the exhibition and I think its fair to say that Walker delivered in beautiful style, as per. 
If you aren't already in love with Walker's dreamlike photography, you will be after this. 
And if you needed anymore reasons to visit (I can't see why you would ) Admission in to the exhibition is free!

Tim Walker Storyteller runs from the 18th of October to the 27th of January at the East Wing Galleries, Somerset House.

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