LOUIS VUITTON MENSWEAR SHOW WITH KIM JONES AT HANKYU OSAKA

2008年2月に誕生して今年で5周年を迎えた「ルイ・ヴィトン 阪急メンズ館」。メンズ・スタイル・ディレクター、キム・ジョーンズ(Kim Jones)も来日し、海の旅へ誘う2013年春夏メンズ・コレクションが披露された。大海原に冒険を求める男たちからインスピレーションを得て、「海」をテーマにイエローやオレンジのネオンカラーが夏の日差しを想わせる。会場には著名人の姿はもちろん、プレス関係者に雑誌編集長らが駆け付け大阪の一夜を熱気に包んだ様子。アフターパーティーでは、1981年に結成された日本人ガールズバンド「少年ナイフ」によるライブパフォーマンスほか、キムの友人としても知られるアーティストVERBAL & YOONによるDJで会場は大盛り上がり。

旅をこよなく愛する洗練された男性のための斬新なデザイン・コンセプトとして誕生したルイ・ヴィトン初のメンズ・ストア。パリ同様演出に映像、音楽にキャスティングと細部に至るこだわりを見せつけたキム・ジョーンズ。

Last week, Louis Vuitton Menswear style Director Kim Jones flew into Japan for a very special event celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Osaka’s Hankyu Menswear Department Store. It was the first time the brand has held such a fashion show in another country, and models, journalists, VIP’s and the LV team were more than happy to take the Shinkansen to Japan’s second city for the show and after-party. Kim is consistent to the Vuitton heritage of being a luxury travel company, and as a keen traveller himself he’s had no problems in incorporating elements of global travel into his well received collections. For the Hankyu show the designer presented his Spring/Summer 2013 collection which followed a nautical theme. After the show guests headed to the Pierrot Harbour event space under the train tracks which LV had done up in style for the occasion. LV show music producer was the first on the decks followed by VERBAL and YOON for whom the Osaka crowd went wild. Another surprise was in store however as doors in the back of the club opened to reveal a stage where Japanese pop-punk legends (and Osaka natives) Shonen Knife performed, crazed drunken models joining the girls on stage to cap off an amazing day. more photos from this event will be in an upcoming issue of BRUTUS Magazine.

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