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Louis Vuitton’s Nicolas Ghesquière time travels to Renaissance for Paris show
Models take to the runway in dramatic power-dressing silhouettes reminiscent of Tudor court fashion
Photograph: Peter White/Getty ImagesIn a courtyard at the Louvre on Wednesday, there was a stage built out of Louis Vuitton trunks, slotted together like Lego blocks into a catwalk the size of a station platform. In the spirit of the Renaissance, science has made some improvements, with supple technical fabrics making jackets as light as blouses, even while liberally sprinkled with embroidery. Ghesquière is able to be fiercely experimental with his clothes – he believes in the importance of “aesthetic danger” – because he presides over a handbag empire that delivers bankable hits every season.
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