Exclusive: Tour The Louis Vuitton Archive With Marc Jacobs And Stylist Katie Grand

For Louis Vuitton’s massive New Bond Street London flagship, creative director Marc Jacobs invited Love’s Katie Grand to curate a series of archival looks from Jacobs’ tenure at the house, and Jacobs and Grand were both on hand to take Derek Blasberg through the designs for our exclusive video. The pieces are pulled from throughout Jacobs’ 12-year career at the helm of LV, and while there are some favorites—Grand says she’d save the mannequin above in case of catastrophe; “she shows how much Sprouse has been important to the whole evolution of the brand”—Jacobs insists he’s focused on the present, not on posterity. “I think we’re just thinking about the moment,” he explains. “This is for now, not forever.” Visit our videos page for more.

Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2011

Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2011

The looks keep flowing in. Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2011 runway photos have arrived. As usual, the collection large enough to fill a catalog so we’ll limit it to some of our favorites. As you’ll see from the image above, some of our favorite looks came from the men’s bags that accent the men’s ready to wear collection. As wwd tells it, “Washed denim bags were printed with a larger-scale monogram pattern or a massive archive logo. Printed shirts and scarves had logos integrated into chinoiserie designs interpreted by tattoo artist Scott Campbell. A sense of travel and adventure permeated the functional constructions and lightweight fabrics, said to be inspired by parachuters. Exotic looking jackets came in pebbled leather or colored python, while Damier check nylon bags hatched in reptilian green and electric blue.”