Louis Vuitton Holds 'Voyager' Fashion Show in Shanghai

A logo of Louis Vuitton is displayed on a Louis Vuitton store on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, March 30, 2024. (Reuters)
A logo of Louis Vuitton is displayed on a Louis Vuitton store on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, March 30, 2024. (Reuters)
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Louis Vuitton Holds 'Voyager' Fashion Show in Shanghai

A logo of Louis Vuitton is displayed on a Louis Vuitton store on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, March 30, 2024. (Reuters)
A logo of Louis Vuitton is displayed on a Louis Vuitton store on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, March 30, 2024. (Reuters)

Louis Vuitton debuted its newly-labeled "Voyager" traveling show in Shanghai on Thursday night, showing off asymmetric hemlines and boxy leather vests in the country that is one of the brand's key markets.
More than 1,000 invitees, including international celebrities like Cate Blanchett and local stars such as Zhou Dongyu and Jackson Wang, took in the pre-fall collection designed by women's artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière, Reuters said.
The show was held in the cavernous concrete expanse of the Atelier Deshaus-designed Long Museum, in the riverside West Bund art district. It included pieces made in collaboration with Beijing-based artist Sun Yitian, who painstakingly paints photographs of inflated plastic animals, including ducklings, cats and rabbits. Reprints of her works were incorporated into the opening designs of the show.
In the days leading up to the show, images of Sun's work popped up around Shanghai, China's most international city, projected onto the exterior of malls and plastering walls in hip shopping and lifestyle districts.
For Louis Vuitton, the largest luxury brand in the LVMH stable, China continues to represent one of the world's most important luxury opportunities, even as a broader economic slowdown and consumer malaise stymie growth.
LVMH said on Tuesday that year-on-year sales for the quarter ending in March rose 3% on an organic basis, but purchases by Chinese shoppers globally grew 10%.
Last year, Louis Vuitton's men's line, helmed by Pharell Williams, staged a large-scale show in Hong Kong.



Chanel Riffs the Black Bow and Chunky Knits at Grand Palais in Paris

A model presents a creation by the creative studio of fashion house Chanel as part of their Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Women's ready-to-wear collection show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
A model presents a creation by the creative studio of fashion house Chanel as part of their Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Women's ready-to-wear collection show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Chanel Riffs the Black Bow and Chunky Knits at Grand Palais in Paris

A model presents a creation by the creative studio of fashion house Chanel as part of their Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Women's ready-to-wear collection show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
A model presents a creation by the creative studio of fashion house Chanel as part of their Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Women's ready-to-wear collection show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

Trim, tweed tailored suits and flowing dresses adorned by decorative black bows showcased Chanel's fall-winter runway collection in Paris on Tuesday.

Under the soaring glass-and-steel dome of the Grand Palais, models strode through a sparse set, built around an enormous black ribbon sculpture curling up into the air.

Kicking off the show were suit jackets and mini-skirts or shorts in tweed, all in monochrome, some covered by dresses or skirts in sheer fabric with extra ruffles emphasising the hem.

Black bows embellished the looks, whether tied under the neck, worn as hair attachments or fixed to brimmed hats, skirts or thick-heeled boots.

Moving away from the strict palette of black and ivory, the French fashion house also showed chunky knits in raspberry or mint green and a red tweed ensemble in the form of a bustier minidress, trousers and over-the-elbow gloves, Reuters reported.

There were also glossy, black overcoats, oversize pearl accessories and a puffer jacket - distinctly Chanel, with rows of bows.

Chanel fans are awaiting the arrival of Matthieu Blazy, who fills the high profile designer role left vacant since the departure of longtime Karl Lagerfeld collaborator, Virginie Viard, last June.

Blazy, whose first show will be in October, is credited with the recent success of Kering-owned Bottega Veneta.

Paris Fashion Week winds up on Tuesday, after featuring shows from some of the world's biggest brands including Dior , Hermes and Louis Vuitton, as well as Stella McCartney and Victoria Beckham.