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5 Things To Know About Louis Vuitton Spring 2019

Welcome to the Starship Enterprise – except substitute “ship” for “shop”. Nicolas Ghesquière’s spring collection for Louis Vuitton had a distinctly space-age vibe, with girls appearing rocket-ready in a series of looks that conformed to the designer’s precise, futuristic vision – but with a soupçon of the Eighties thrown in. Back to the Future, then – but filled with killer accessories and intergalactic party dresses to furnish the front row (Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner) with a raft of left-field red carpet options come awards season. Here’s Vogue’s five things to know about the Louis Vuitton spring show.

The set was Star-Wars-meets-The-Office

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Guests sat on white metal benches in long glass corridors facing in on the fountain at the Louvre’s Cour Carrée courtyard. Left to admire a set as streamlined and functional as the Enterprise interior, show-goers were plunged into darkness and silence, with fluorescent office lights and a thumping soundtrack slowly kicking in, section by section, as the models began to walk.

There was a distinctly sci-fi theme

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Intergalactic asteroid prints, T-shirt dresses depicting a branded LV space shuttle launch pad, thin metal hoop-belts (very Star Trek), sequin fishnet mini dresses with ballooning NASA space suit sleeves (stay with me here), space age metallics and a couple of hats that looked like Darth Vader on a good day (they were white, not black): all conspired to infuse the spring collection with a Sci-Fi flavor.

There were Easter egg and flying saucer bags

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The minaudière morphed into a monogrammed Easter egg for spring, as well as a series of flying saucer-shaped crocodile pouches slung across the body on long metallic chains. Also notable were mini briefcases and doctor bags, as well as portfolio bags, all with metal-protected corners and in the LV monogram.

But don’t overlook the ’80s

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Not to be outdone, fashion’s favorite decade made its presence felt via bubble perms (see look 19 for our favorite, side-parted iteration) and a Memphis-era sprinkle pattern enlivened with bright brush strokes in primary colors. Also playing to type were the blouson jackets with strong shoulders and even jazzier lapels, high-waisted trousers in colorways that would have tempted Tom Hanks in his Big era, and cap-sleeved T-shirts.

Every girl wore lace-up boots

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Forget bourgeois courts or the best-selling Arclight turbo trainer of seasons past: Ghesquière is into ankle boots for spring. Every girl wore a pair that were pointed and largely patent, either buckled and with a neat conical heel, or flat and with a winkle-picker-ish vibe. It lent the clothes a practical edge – these are outfits set for an adventure, belying their probable dry-clean-only tags.

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This article first appeared on Vogue.co.uk

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