Louis Vuitton Cruise 2021

“I looked somewhere that has been calling out to me for a long time, somewhere I hadn’t taken the time to go back to. To uncover one inspiration after another. This is an exploration of my creative identity,” wrote Nicolas Ghesquière. That place was home.

“A city: wherever you want
A place: mine”

For Louis Vuitton’s 2021 Cruise collection, Ghesquière was inspired by a stationary journey. Time and journey have always fascinated the designer; he has always had an incredible grasp on both the past and the present, his work often a study of anachronism and time as a broader concept. But this journey was far more introspective. This was about his time: his past, present, and endless possibilities for the future. This was a departure inwards, when time is providential, and where an exploration of one’s own territory plays out via of style-driven emotions, memorable colours, enthralling cuts. It was time for creative contemplation to rediscover oneself, and for Ghesquière, that was to assert that fashion is a game.

Louis Vuitton Cruise 2021

“Game On” is his creative freedom. Shot at Ghesquière’s studio in Paris’s Pont-Neuf, Cruise 2021 plays with canvas, merging Monogram flowers with the four suits of a deck of cards. In this elaborate fantasy, clubs bloom, spades pierce, diamonds sparkle, and the almighty heart reigns.

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Louis Vuitton’s famed Monogram plays its ace on the House’s most iconic accessories. Speedy’s, Alma’s, even the House’s new Pont Neuf play along; spliced with suits in graphic hues, some even taking on playful new form altogether. It’s the symbolism of a deck of cards – as the the traveller’s loyal companion – that cultivates a sense of community and togetherness, particularly poignant in these times.

Louis Vuitton Cruise 2021

A playful adventure in which all of the House’s spheres of expertise play a role, above all else “Game On” is driven by passionate craftsmanship – Louis Vuitton’s trump card. Cruise 2021 was definitely the ace up Nicolas Ghesquière’s sleeve.

view the entire louis Vuttion cruise 2021 collection below: