The Four Seasons restaurant s pool was lined with a real grass runway, tables were set with macaroons, and Kirsten Dunst mingled with the crowd. Louis Vuitton went all-out for its Resort presentation this morning, and there was a good reason. Sofia Coppola, a longtime friend of Marc Jacobs (she said she s known him for nearly 20 years when she gave him his Lifetime Achievement Award at Monday night s CFDA festivities), collaborated with Vuitton design director Julie de Libran on the line. "Julie and I are friends," the Somewhere director said after the show. "We like the same things, jewelry, little dresses. I chimed in with things that I wanted to have, and she was open to that."
There were plenty of baubles and frocks in this whimsical collection, which was as unlike LV s fetish-inspired Fall outing as can be, and, it probably goes without saying, a good deal more wearable because of it. LV pendants dangled from long gold chains; big, bejeweled cuffs accessorized both wrists; and heart earrings dangled from lobes. As for dresses, the mood was Parisienne, très Parisienne—see the white and red Eiffel Tower-print shift. Prints, in fact, were one of the show s big stories; the best was a Stephen Sprouse-style graffiti motif that decorated a pajama set and its coordinating helmet. No word on whether Vuitton is making the Vespa to match, but we bet Coppola could have it arranged if she likes.
