Louis Vuitton has revealed its Nicolas Ghesquière-designed Cruise 2020 bag collection featuring OLED screens at its women’s New York show. A duffle bag and a bucket bag have been given the OLED treatment so far. The bags combine patent black leather panels with the Malletier’s signature LV monogram canvas motif in its traditional blend of brown and cream emblems. The screens themselves display moving city scenes and contrast the seemingly traditional bags with its use of oversaturated, high-contrast colors and futuristic graphics. The Instagram account @dlouisvdotcom also reports that the display on the bucket bag is a touchscreen and appears on both the back and the front of the bag. Louis Vuitton’s runway also showcased other standout bags including a skyscraper-inspired clutch and a jewel-encrusted mini-trunk box bag. Take a look at the entire Cruise 2020 show held at the TWA Flight Center at New York’s JFK Airport below, where you can also find clips of the bags up close. In other news, LVMH has confirmed it has partnered with Rihanna to launch a joint luxury label under the Fenty name.<doc-sep>Photo: Courtesy of Louis Vuitton Giving new meaning to the phrase "airport style," created by paparazzi who camp out to shoot A-listers outside of baggage claim, Nicolas Ghesquière chose to stage his latest Louis Vuitton Cruise show at JFK Airport in New York City. Given that he and the brand have a tight crew of loyal celebrity ambassadors, and that the event took place a mere 48 hours after the most celebrity-packed fashion event of the year, the show's front row was filled to the brim with star power. Emma Stone, Alicia Vikander, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Sophie Turner (with new husband Joe Jonas), Jennifer Connelly, Michelle Williams, Léa Seydoux, Riley Keough and Ruth Negga were among the top-tier actresses present. There were also models, musicians and more digitally famous stars like Karlie Kloss, Willow Smith and YouTuber Emma Chamberlain. Their attire was more cocktail- than airport-appropriate, but we hope at least one of them timed their flight home perfectly so that they wouldn't have to make another trip to the airport this week. See what all of them wore in the gallery below. 19 Gallery 19 Images Stay current on the latest trends, news and people shaping the fashion industry. Sign up for our daily newsletter.<doc-sep>Last night, fashion insiders made their way to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, en route not to Paris, London, or Milan but a destination a bit more domestic. In fact, they never left the tarmac. Louis Vuitton staged its 2020 Cruise runway inside the spread-winged 1962 TWA Flight Center, a former terminal designed by late architect Eero Saarinen that has been meticulously restored and re-envisioned as a public lobby for a new hotel by firms Beyer Blinder Belle and Lubrano Ciavarra Architects. The show was the first event to grace the newly restored space, which opens to the public on May 15. As models walked the classic Chili Pepper Red carpet and past the heart-shaped sunken lounge with penny-tile benches, Louis Vuitton invitees got a sneak peek at one of the year's most highly anticipated projects. Models strutted the iconic Chili Pepper Red carpet in looks from the new 2020 Cruise collection, which riffed on a foreigner's vision of New York City. Photo: Courtesy of Louis Vuitton The brand's artistic director, Nicolas Ghesqui``ere, collaborated with artist Es Devlin to reinvent the iconically stark (aside from its poppy-colored carpeting and matching seating) structure as a lush, plant-filled oasis. Models strutted the indoor bridge, stairs, and ramps in looks from the new collection, which riffed on a foreigner's vision of New York City: Art Deco architectural details, classic skyline images, and Wall Street suiting silhouettes were designed in colors both punchy and serious. Pots of bamboo sprouted from the sidelines, while ivy clung to railings. All the plants used for the show will be donated or composted, assures the brand. Seats for the Louis Vuitton runway ascended the concrete stair landings leading to the terminal's original Solari split-flap board, which has been restored. MCR CEO Tyler Morse, who is developing the TWA Flight Center project, is a self-proclaimed AvGeek. Photo: Courtesy of Louis Vuitton Louis Vuitton's 2019 Cruise show was hosted at the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, a 1964 modern art museum designed by the late Spanish architect Josep Lluís Sert. It seems that Ghesqui``ere has a pernchant for midcentury-modern venues. "I was lucky enough to have landed at the TWA Flight Center in the late '90s; it was something I could never forget," he explains of the inspiration behind showing his latest fashion designs for the house in the architectural icon. Though the terminal closed in 2001 and has sat empty at the center of JetBlue's hub since then, he believes the TWA Flight center is a "sanctuary" that, thanks to its renovation and reinvention, will "enchant anew." What's exciting about the project, and inspiration for the collection, he sums up, is its imminent rediscovery: It's "an uncommon place that yet is a part of American heritage."<doc-sep>Last night, European designer fashion brand Louis Vuitton took to the Kennedy Airport to show off its 2020 cruise collection, its latest line of fancy new clothes and accessories. The stylish show was packed with celebs, and...music from Final Fantasy VIII? Advertisement The fashion show began with models slowly coming down the terminal staircases to a recording of a woman delivering a weather report. The voice recording eventually faded out, and the sound of a choir came on. Then the words “Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec,” the made-up Latin phrases that start Nobuo Uematsu’s “Liberi Fatali” theme from Final Fantasy VIII. Instantly recognizable to long time fans of the series, “Liberi Fatali” is how Final Fantasy VIII opens. The music plays over a full motion video depicting major scenes from the game before showing a fight between two guys with guns shaped like swords. Yesterday, it was repurposed to promote elaborate handbags and studded leather tops. Seeing it in this context felt like undergoing a real-life time compression. I guess I shouldn’t be completely shocked. After all, Final Fantasy VIII was far and away the most stylish game in the series.<doc-sep>
Leave it to Louis Vuitton to make a trip to the airport très chic. The French design house held its cruise 2020 fashion show at the iconic (and newly renovated!) TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International airport in NYC on Wednesday, May 8, and stars turned out in style to take in all the aviation-inspired duds from the front row. Fresh off their appearances at the Met Gala in campy LV fashions, friends of the brand and ambassadors like Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas, Emma Stone, Alicia Vikander and more (think: Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett and Michelle Williams) were all on hand to see the wanderlust collection that blended French and American sensibilities. “I was lucky enough to have landed at the TWA Flight Center in the late ’90s. It was something I could never forget,” creative director Nicolas Ghesquière said in a statement. “This place was forgotten for 20 years, and now has come back to life. It’s like a sanctuary that’s been revived and seeing it enchant anew in a different iteration, as a hotel, is a great pleasure. It’s about rediscovering of an uncommon place that yet is a part of American heritage.” Makeup artist Pat McGrath created a bold beauty look that consisted of #flawless skin, bright lips and matching draped blush to complement the rich color palette, sophisticated prints, clever embroideries and dazzling brocade found throughout the line, while mane man Duffy dreamed up ’80s-era crimps and curls. Oh, and since models were traversing the stairs and wings of the former airport terminal, not a single one of the catwalkers wore heels. Instead, they paired their party-worthy minis and jet age-inspired jumpsuits with cool combat boots and flats that have Us rethinking our night-out footwear game. In the front row, Turner, Nina Dobrev and Laura Harrier followed their lead in lugged-sole brogues, and there was so much more star style where that came from. Keep scrolling to see all the front-row fashion from the Louis Vuitton cruise 2020 fashion show!