Kim Jones took guests on a highbrow safari for his Spring 2017 men’s collection for Louis Vuitton this morning. Inspired by trips to Africa and the artistic director’s own punk phase, the collection was a remix of classic LV essentials—the bomber jacket, the travel bag, the luxury knit—with new textures and colors. While you wait for Alexander Fury’s review, get the talking points of the show here.
1. The show was held en plain air in the Palais Royal in Paris, where models walked between square seating arrangements of editors and guests.
2. Vuitton hosted what could be the front row to end all front rows: Kate Moss, David Beckham, Dwyane Wade, and Victor Cruz.
3. Inspired by Africa with cuts of punk interspersed for good British measure, Jones riffed on animal prints, woven leather textures, and Louis Vuitton’s monogram in ivory and black in his collection. According to show notes, the designer’s African inspirations mark not only a sense of travel but also a return to one’s roots.
4. Vuitton collaborated with artists Jake and Dinos Chapman on a series of bags that features the brothers illustrations of wild animals like giraffes and rhinoceroses.
5. Picking up a thread from Louis Vuitton’s women’s collection, Jones also turned LV’s trunks into everyday bags. His came in a variety of animal hides and patterns.
6. The show offered up several takes on men’s jewelry, including leather chokers and silver key earrings.
7. Other than the clothing, the talk of the show was the models’ hair, which, under the guidance of Guido Palau, was side parted and matted down on the crown with some volume on the sides. Think: artfully mussed hat hair.
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