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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jess Cartner-Morley in Paris

Louis Vuitton’s Nicolas Ghesquière time travels to Renaissance for Paris show

Model walking the runway in striped jacket with puffed sleeves
Ghesquière’s clothes use Renaissance-era shaping tricks, projecting majesty and power through broad shoulders. Photograph: François Durand/Getty Images

Nicolas Ghesquière, the designer of the biggest luxury brand in the world, says that what he does is time travel, not fashion.

Louis Vuitton is 170 years old but fashion only works when it is about the future, which makes time travel an essential part of the job description. Also, fancy travel is what Louis Vuitton luggage is all about, and time travel is the fanciest travel of all.

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