Michael Burke replaces Jordi Constans as Louis Vuitton CEO

328eDue to medical reasons, Jordi Constans is no longer CEO of Louis Vuitton. He will be replaced by former Bulgari CEO and long-standing LVMH employee Michael Burke.

“His condition does not allow him to fulfil his duties as (space) CEO,” said Antoine Arnault, a member of the board of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton and son of the luxury giant’s chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault. “We wish Jordi all the best.”

Via Fashionmag.

Louis Vuitton Lockit Collection

Everyone knows the romantic story of attaching a padlock to a bridge and then throwing the key into the water to set the seal on love. Louis Vuitton launches the Lockit jewelry collection featuring necklaces, bracelets and rings for all lovers around the world. The collection will be available from January 2013 in all LV stores worldwide.

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The Louis Vuitton “Small is beautiful” Video Starring Bloggers

Louis Vuitton presents “Small is Beautiful!” from Louis Vuitton on Vimeo.

Louis Vuitton enlisted bloggers Miroslava Duma, Hanelli Mustaparta, and Elin Kling, to appear in a video called “Small Is Beautiful,” an ode to the house’s small, crossbody bags. It’s time to downsize and minimize.

Via Fashionologie.

Louis Vuitton Has a New CEO: Jordi Constans

Yves Carcelle, Marc Jacobs & Jordi Constans  at the Louis Vuitton Men’s Spring/Summer 2013 Show, Paris. Credit Photos: Stéphane Feugère, Purple Diary

After 22 years with the luxury house, Yves Carcelle is replaced by Jordi Constans the new CEO who taken the reigns of Louis Vuitton last monday.

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WGSN Global Fashion Awards 2012

WGSN Global Fashion Awards Winners

The full list of the WGSN Global Fashion Award winners are as follows:

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“L’invitation au Voyage” Teaser – The Louis Vuitton Advertising Campaign Film

Louis Vuitton unveils its new teaser for the upcomming advertising campaign Film called “L’invitation au voyage”.

We can see a quick vision of a silhouette  glides under the archways of the Louvre and slips into the room where the masters of the Italian Renaissance are sleeping.

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Yayoi Kusama Painting Process in “Her Story #4: 100 Paintings” Video

To celebrate the Yayoi Kusama collection for Louis Vuitton, the brand has released a video of the iconic artist work entitled  ”100 Paintings”. The video showcase the artist as she painting with her signature style. Discover the Kusama’s painting process in the following video.

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Sense of detail: Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2013, Damier is in color

Backstage at the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2013 Women’s Fashion Show, white and green Damier.

Louis Vuitton’s white & green Damier 

Via Louis Vuitton’s Intstagram.

Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2013

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For the last day Paris Fashion Week’s day, the Louis Vuitton’s fashion show was brief and energizing. A graphic collection highligts the famous Vuitton’s damier in large and small  shapes with a 60′s inspiration. Daniel Buren – which inspired Marc Jacobs this season with his famous installation “Les deux plateaux” in Palais Royal – collaborated with Vuitton for the today’s set to built four escalators and a giant white & yellow runway. For the finale, an army of models down the four escalators. Find bellow some pictures of the show.

Via Style.com.

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Louis Vuitton Jewelry Line Inspired By The Streets Of Paris

[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ouis Vuitton’s ‘Escale á Paris’ Collection is inspired by the Parisian streets that lead up to Louis Vuitton’s new workshop and boutique jewelry store in the Place Vendôme. The collection demonstrates a creative way to incorporate geographic specificity and jewelry design.

The capsule collection, designed by Creative Director Lorenz Bäumer, includes a ring mapped of the streets of Paris with yellow diamonds, a necklace that translates the traffic patterns on the Champs Elysees, and a large diamond in the form of Vuitton’s flower shape is used to symbolize the Place Vendôme itself.

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Louis Vuitton Arrives On Shanghai Express

Louis Vuitton brought a major dose of Belle Epoque glamour to Shanghai Thursday night, reprising its extravagant fall train-themed show from Paris down to the last detail.
True to the invitation’s indication of a 9 p.m. sharp start time, the same vintage locomotive that awed the industry audience in Paris pulled into a massive set erected on the waterfront of the historic Bund.

The exterior of the Louis Vuitton Shanghai flagship.

Runway Show

Postshow, attendees clamored to have their pictures taken in front of the vehicle. They also raced to capture snaps of celebrities such as Laetitia Casta, Fan Bingbing, Alexa Chung and Gong Li, who climbed aboard the train and waved to their enthusiastic fans.

Gong Li

Alexa Chung

Fan Bingbing

The show, undoubtedly one of the most theatrical fashion events ever here, capped off a two-day publicity extravaganza. Louis Vuitton celebrated also  the reopening of its enlarged and refurbished flagship in the Plaza 66 mall with a cocktail and gala dinner that featured a performance of two Chopin nocturnes by classical pianist Li Yundi.

The staircase, anchored by Qiu Zhijie’s steel sculpture

The Plaza 66 store, which opens to the public on Saturday, is considered one of Vuitton’s biggest, on par with the Champs-Elysées flagship. The Peter Marinoengineered overhaul, which upgrades the store to “Maison” status, took nearly two years to complete.

Interior of the flagship

The facade features an interlocking mesh of white metal over mirrored glass, echoing the brand’s monogram. Interior elements include Italian marble floors, a striking circular staircase, a private fourth-floor receiving area for VIP guests and a series of outdoor terraces planted with fern pine trees. True to Maison form, the store features a selection of artwork, including a hanging installation of pyrite by Teresita Fernández above the jewelry area and a trio of abstract steel sculptures by Chinese artist Qiu Zhijie.

A view from above

At the opening cocktail Wednesday night, LVMH chairman and chief executive officer Bernard Arnault said he considers the store “one of the most beautiful we ever did with Peter [Marino].”

Via WWD 

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