Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Luxury

Paris Fashion Week: Louis Vuitton’s spring/summer 2023 show brought a circus funfair to the Louvre, with HoYeon Jung on the runway, and Jennifer Connelly and Janet Jackson in the crowd

STORYAssociated Press
A model presents a creation for Louis Vuitton during the spring/summer 2023 fashion show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week, in Paris, on October 4. Photo: AFP
A model presents a creation for Louis Vuitton during the spring/summer 2023 fashion show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week, in Paris, on October 4. Photo: AFP
Louis Vuitton

  • Rounding out the fashion season, LV displayed a surrealist world full of childhood imagination at PFW’s closing day with Nicolas Ghesquière’s blockbuster SS23 unveil
  • A-list guests included Léa Seydoux and Monaco’s Princess Charlene – sitting next to LVMH’s Bernard Arnault as they all watched giant zips and Las Vegas lights

The funfair lights at Louis Vuitton shone as brightly as the starry front row for the vibrant and infectious spring collection from Nicolas Ghesquière that capped Paris Fashion Week.

Models present creations from the spring/summer 2023 ready-to-wear collection by French designer Nicolas Ghesquière for Louis Vuitton during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on October 4. Photo: EPA-EFE
Models present creations from the spring/summer 2023 ready-to-wear collection by French designer Nicolas Ghesquière for Louis Vuitton during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on October 4. Photo: EPA-EFE
A model presents a giant zip creation from the spring/summer 2023 ready-to-wear collection by French designer Nicolas Ghesquière for Louis Vuitton during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on October 4. Photo: EPA-EFE
A model presents a giant zip creation from the spring/summer 2023 ready-to-wear collection by French designer Nicolas Ghesquière for Louis Vuitton during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on October 4. Photo: EPA-EFE
Advertisement

Dramatic bursts from a tribal drum echoed across the storied cobbles of the Louvre, leading guests to a surreal world of circus mirrors, Las Vegas lights and myriad lattices of tent-like red latex – where clothes were blown up.

A model wears an intriguing take on the zip function from the spring/summer 2023 ready-to-wear collection by French designer Nicolas Ghesquière for Louis Vuitton during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on October 4. Photo: EPA-EFE
A model wears an intriguing take on the zip function from the spring/summer 2023 ready-to-wear collection by French designer Nicolas Ghesquière for Louis Vuitton during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on October 4. Photo: EPA-EFE
It was a circus-like set on the runway stage from the spring/summer 2023 ready-to-wear collection by French designer Nicolas Ghesquière for Louis Vuitton during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on October 4. Photo: EPA-EFE
It was a circus-like set on the runway stage from the spring/summer 2023 ready-to-wear collection by French designer Nicolas Ghesquière for Louis Vuitton during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France on October 4. Photo: EPA-EFE

If Nicolas Ghesquière raised excitement with the circus-like set that curved like a theatre in the round, the fun designs did not disappoint, at Tuesday’s closing extravaganza.

The designer allowed his inner child to run free with designs at Louis Vuitton during the spring-summer 2023 fashion show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week, in Paris on October 4. Photo: AFP
The designer allowed his inner child to run free with designs at Louis Vuitton during the spring-summer 2023 fashion show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week, in Paris on October 4. Photo: AFP

This season, the 51-year-old Louis Vuitton designer let his childhood imagination run wild with the theme of blowing up.

Select Voice
Choose your listening speed
Get through articles 2x faster
1.25x
250 WPM
Slow
Average
Fast
1.25x