Designer Nicolas
Ghesquière has only been Louis Vuitton's new creative director for a short
period of time, but already he is working with some top talents on a special
collaboration project which will set out to give the famous Louis Vuitton
monogram print a makeover. Working with six creative talents for the new 'The
Icon And The Iconoclasts' line, the luxury label selected to work with Chanel
designer Karl Lagerfeld, Comme des Garcons founder Rei Kawakubo, shoe
designer Christian Louboutin, photographer Cindy Sherman, architect Frank Gehry
and industrial designer Marc Newson. Each specially selected designer will
craft a single piece of luggage using the monogram which will be available in
limited quantities from October this year.
Delphine
Arnault, executive vice President of Louis Vuitton, commented on the fresh
idea. She stated that the company were only interested in working with the best
talents alongside the new creative director: "When we talked with Nicolas
Ghesquière about the extraordinary talents we would like to approach we simply
went to those who are among the best in their fields." Delphine added that
the company are excited to see how different people approach their monogram
print and reinterpret it in their own style, giving it a whole new
spin: "We were interested in people who work with their minds and
their hands. I thought it was so interesting - and fun! - to have all of these
different points of view on the Monogram. It is inspiring to see how they envision
things, to see their perspectives. This is a group of geniuses."
