Nicolas Ghesqui

The Secret To Solange Knowles’ Covetable Clothing Is Her Closet Space [Harper’s Bazaar]
And other tidbits on her life, like when her singing career really took off…Louis Vuitton Will Be Hosting A Resort Collection In Monaco Next Month [Fashionista]
This is a big deal because Nicolas Ghesquière will be designing the collections, rather than a studio director. for the first time…Chatting With The Designers Of Kenzo And Hood By Air [Dazed Digital]
The streetwear-centric Humberto Leon and Carol Lim talk about their first meeting with Shayne Oliver.

Ingrid Sischy lands another big scoop for Vanity Fair with Nicolas Ghesquière’s first interview since landing the creative director gig at Louis Vuitton last year. Ghesquière reveals his confident side and tells Sichy that fashion had “chosen” him at young age. “I promised myself: Before your 18th birthday you’re going to be at Jean Paul Gaultier. And it worked. I was hired.”

Louis Vuitton: The long awaited moment chez Louis Vuitton finally arrived. Marc Jacobs’ successor, Nicolas Ghesquière, took over the reins after Jacobs’ 14-year tenure at the brand as creative director. So, how did he fare? Ghesquière’s view on Vuitton was much more pared-down than his predecessor’s elaborate fantastical collections. There were no headdresses, ornate beading, or Steven Sprouse leggings; nor were there any elevators, carousels, or escalators to serve as the backdrop. Instead, it was a reserved but firm first showing for Ghesquière. There were plenty of ‘60s silhouettes in earth tones like brown leather A-line skirts, a burnt orange skirted baby doll dress with a printed top worn over a white turtleneck, and sweaters with hippie Nordic prints.

An Imaginary Muse Helps Joseph Altuzarra Produce Collections [T Magazine]
For his prefall looks, he was focusing on her balance between French sensuality and American style…Milla Jovovich Muses on Her Modeling Career [The Edit]
Admitting that she may have peaked at the ripe age of 23…The Ease of a Blowout Bar Has Been Translated Into a Makeup Salon, Called Rouge New York [The Cut]
With a menu of options to choose from, this is your 30 minute makeover.

With an extremely buzzy debut issue under their belts—that juicy Nicolas Ghesquière post-Balenciaga cover story, anyone?—System mag feted their sophomore issue last eve with a loft party. After celebrating their first issue with a 50-person dinner in Paris, the headcount was bigger, the locale was stateside, and the crowd appropriately, achingly hip at the festivities for issue deux.

Topshop Teams Up With Pintrest To Make Holiday Shopping A Bit Easier [Refinery 29]
Their holiday campaign, “Dear Topshop,” will be pin-worthy across all of the brand’s platforms…Keeping Her Cool Is All Part Of Isabel Marant’s Charm [Elle]
Especially when she has a huge collaboration launching with H&M in just a few short days…A Look At How Adriana Lima Prepares Her Body (And Mind) For The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show [CR Fashion Book]
She reveals that she focuses more on reading than hitting the gym this time around.

It’s official, at long last: Nicolas Ghesquière has been appointed artistic director of women’s collections at Louis Vuitton after weeks of speculation. The designer succeeds Marc Jacobs, who left Vuitton on October 2 to focus on his eponymous brand as it ventures into IPO territory.

Earlier today The Cut reported that after much speculation Nicolas Ghesquière was officially in at Louis Vuitton. Their source? Luxury Society aka Asia’s leading online luxury magazine. Surely, you know it!

Nicolas Ghesquière is in the hot seat, following his critical remarks about his former employer, Balenciaga, to System magazine in April. The designer claimed he felt the label was “sucking me dry,” that there “wasn’t really any direction,” and that it “started becoming a bureaucracy and more corporate”. While the full interview can’t be accessed on System’s site, you can still read excerpts of the juciest bits of the revealing Q&A on The Business of Fashion.

Balenciaga is said to be suing Nicolas Ghesquière over inflammatory comments he made regarding management at the fashion house in an exclusive interview to System magazine in April. Challenges, a French business magazine, broke the news that Kering (formerly PPR), which owns Balenciaga, would be suing the designer.