Over the years, the trunks have been not-too-subtly modernized to the times one classic creation was designed to transport 30 shoes, one had a special pouch delegated for telegrams and another was specially crafted for the safekeeping of a typewriter. “He wanted to make bags lighter, weather resistant, or one key to open them all, or smaller, or they can pack together a certain way.” “Almost everything he did had to do with form following function,” Carsen said about Vuitton, admitting that he learned quite a bit about the brand’s patriarch through this project.
The exhibition, which is open to the public through January 7 (with free admission, natch) hones in on the travel mentality that the brand was built on since its founding in 1854, thanks to the founder’s dedication to revolutionizing how to travel in style.Ī slew of traditional trunks from Louis Vuitton.
It was, after all, completely built out by the Louis Vuitton team, led by curator Olivier Saillard and set designer Robert Carsen-that included the dove grey carpeting, the neon Stephen Sprouse wallpaper and a vintage airplane installation. Still, the grandiosity of the space was obvious. It was just a few hours before a stunning crush of celebrities and New York types were set to descend upon the red carpet for the show of trunks, handbags and other pieces vital to the Vuitton DNA, but there was still plenty of work to be done.Ī crew of men was busy installing a glass vitrine on the second floor and certain portions of the walls were plastered with posters that were haphazardly affixed with tape. The streets were damp, the skies were grey and there was a mysterious chill in the air, but within the former HQ of the American Stock Exchange, there was quite a bit of commotion. The day before Louis Vuitton‘s “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez” traveling exhibition was set to open in New York, the city was fittingly plagued with a touch of Parisian weather.
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