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Louis Vuitton presents a unique journey

Fashion Man

Travel is the soul and lineage of Louis Vuitton and therefore sublime feature the collections of the firm. For spring / summer 2012, dedicated to the man, this journey takes you on a unique and personal sense. It is a novel written with elegance inspired by Peter Beard, a chronist for years for East Africa.

From the Ivy League style to Africa, through the decline of a proper Jet Set night , this novel is inspired by the figure of Peter Beard, an artist and writer for years in East Africa and its wildlife. It was strange to find this graduate of Yale in New York in the seventies, in the south of France with the Rolling Stones at his ranch in Kenya along with Karen Blixen. "He's a hero to me," says Kim Jones the new Director of style under the direction of Marc Jacobs in his first collection for Louis Vuitton. "The collection is inspired by an imaginary and fictitious travel to Africa in the sixties and seventies. At the same time, I was born in Africa and is a resource that often come back naturally. This is how men live their lives, travel and reach maturity with a practical vision of how they want to dress, "says Jones.

Keeping this philosophy, focuses his collection season in luxurious style, practical, and indifferent to the modern and global traveler, while combining a taste for traditional garments with a contemporary approach exquisite dress.

References to a true preppy style, reinterpretations of traditional notions of sportswear, ties, luxury knitted sweaters or sports jackets and suits inspired fine wool of the first university-style section. The collection continues technologically reinterpreting contemporary sports garments and fabrics in luxurious natural fibers, while maintaining its practicality and durability are fundamental in the masculine style of Louis Vuitton.

The section insired in African-explores the matic Damero design emble-motif that is repeated in the rest of the collection, slightly adapted to the traditional blue and red boxes of the Masai. Blankets, scarves, sweaters and shorts are part of this section. Olive green tones and raw approach to more conventional actors safari style can be seen also in jackets, boots and sandals crocodile skin.

For the night, the protagonists are the evening dresscode and a more relaxed tailoring (for day to night). The shorts suit is one of the favorites. The iconic Monogram appears in shades of ink in cravats and scarves at night. Among other items of hand crafted, the finale is a wire tie 24 carat gold.

Bags and suitcases are still the undisputed classics of the values ​​of the Maison. As for accessories, refurbished details are presented in which no missing marquetry elements, specifically visible in the new backpack "Champs Elysees" quilted bags and weekend.

But, as declared by the brand, the real heart of the collection is in the new Nomade leather, softer and reinterpreted in a rich palette of colors like olive green, maroon or snuff. It incorporates for the first time the traditional logo with the "V" classic, whose origin is in the Steamer Bag Luois Gaston Vuitton, one of the most authentic and iconic travelers linked to the Maison.

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