I've personally never been a fan of Louis Vuitton, I understand the attraction. Beautifully hand crafted bags, made with only the finest print and Italian leather, with small signature and subtle entities that make the product worthy of the name. However, spending a year living in West London and seeing hundreds of bad (and good) fakes around the arm of anyone and everyone really made me feel nauseous at the sight of the print. This is exactly why I don't like it when labels slap their print all over a suit and call it 'new season' especially a print that looks as daunting to me as a crossword looks to an illiterate.
Moving on from that disgusting jacket, the rest of the outfit, and the collection as a whole is pretty decent. Vuitton are not renounced for their tailoring, but they do hold some pretty good pieces, especially the subtle pinstripe suit you can see above. Especially this season, doubt breasted jackets are a big thing, and LV haven't cut that corner. On the slightly more casual side, I see a slight element of Superdry in the fourth image. Imagine Harrison Ford stumbling across a Superdry store while filming 'Indiana Jones'... Not a nice look. Especially being a Superdry employee myself, I can't safely say that once I leave work, I do not want to see anything relating to the brand until the next time I'm at work.
I do on the other hand, really like the oversized, draping shirt, which seems to have taken some influence from Wedgewood pottery. I like it, however it does bring back a slight memory of Lady Gaga performing at the Brit awards in, I believe it was, 2009. Never the less it's a regular collection we can be seeing a lot of this year, as LV haven't really delved into the menswear sector much. Perhaps designers have an overdue gas bill after foreign markets making money off their back, or they want to expand their horizons? Who knows.
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