Nicolas Ghesquière On Why He Brought Louis Vuitton’s Cruise Show Back to NYC
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This is The Run-Through. I'm Nicole Phelps. I'm here with Nicolas Ghesquière, Women's Artistic Director at Louis Vuitton. Welcome, Nicolas. I'm so happy to be with you.
Thank you, Nicole. And thanks for having me.
Yes. We did this a couple of years ago, but we were both remote. So it's nice to be in the same room together. And it's nice to have you in New York. You are here because you have a Resort 2027 show.
Yes.
And often in the past, we've gone to quite far flung locations, Rio, the Niteroi Museum there, the Miho Museum outside of Kyoto. Why come to New York at this moment?
I always loved New York and the feeling, you know, of like getting into the city and enjoying the energy of the city, especially for a foreigner and especially for a French person is always very, you know, unique. Every time you get, you know, hit by the beauty of the city. And last time we were there for a show was 2019. And we approached the cruise collection in a different way, right? We show at the TWA terminal in GFK. Yes. And it was fun because we took the New Yorker and the guest of the show outside the city to an airport, to the airport without taking the plane. And that was kind of, you know, very funny to do that. And of course.
Why did Nicolas Ghesquière choose New York for the Cruise Show?
also to make them rediscover an iconic, beautiful building, which is the Saarinen terminal in the airport. So it was a reveal of the construction that was done for years. So I consider that we were outside the city, and the collection was paying homage to New York, but in a very... different way. We were celebrating the skyline. We were celebrating this vision you have when you drive by, when you drive in, when you get into the city. And that was beautiful to do that. This time, We are in town. And that's why, you know, we felt that it was the right moment to come to New York and to be in town, in Manhattan especially. So it's a very different approach. And then, of course, you know, the location is really special to me.
So you're going to the Frick Collection, which has just had an incredible renovation and expansion.
Yes.
Wonderful. Very beautiful renovation. That's, you know, for those cruise collection, you have a dream list.
What unique experiences influenced the Resort 2027 collection?
And I always had one. And I still have, you know, some boxes to cross for the future. And The Freak was on my list. Why for a cruise? It's because... The feeling of that, you know, that winter garden that they have there with the fountain is a very iconic image for me of the Gilded Age of New York. And there is that idea of traveling. There is that idea of cruise for me, for the imaginary. You know, a cruise collection is complex because... it's done for people that are supposed to travel with summer clothes in winter. But of course, today it doesn't mean anything really. I mean, it still means something, but it doesn't mean really, you know, that you physically travel with those clothes. So this is a very interesting collection in a way you mix season, you mix
texture and feelings and winter and summer doesn't matter for a cruise collection. So it's great. And I think the Frick was a very beautiful, is a very beautiful place to express that because it has this kind of, you know, out of season feeling. between the beautiful galleries of, you know, objet d'art and the incredible painting they have, the fine art and the wood, the wood galleries that are absolutely beautiful. And again, the winter garden that is very about stone and water, you know, you have all those feelings. So for me, it was just, you know, when we came, we were here in November, for a visit, and I wanted to see the wonderful work of Annabel Selldorf. And well, we came out of the museum with a few friends and collaborators, and we were like, this is so, you know, dreamy.
It's just such a wonderful playground for a cruise collection. So that's why we're here, yeah.
Tell me about knowing that you're going to show in the Frick Collection alongside priceless art. How does that impact how you design?
It's interesting in the way that every Cruise Collection is also a celebration, culturally, of where we go.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–1:32
2
Why did Nicolas Ghesquière choose New York for the Cruise Show?
1:32–2:52
3
What unique experiences influenced the Resort 2027 collection?
2:52–12:34
4
How does the location of the Frick Collection impact the show?
12:34–39:09
5
What narrative themes are explored in a cruise collection?
39:09–51:00
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