Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection 2009

[ 20 June 2008 ]

Last night was the Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection preview. I received the invitation a couple of weeks ago, & all it said was…

Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection 2009

I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. Cocktails, okay. But would there be a show? A media presentation? Models? Or a mad rush of fashionistas trampling one another to get to the champagne?

I turned up at Michelson Studio, which from the outside was a very inconspicuous building with an elevator at street level. Two girls dressed in black & wearing black silk scarves covered in a multi-coloured Louis Vuitton monogram took my name, checked me off a list & I tottered into the elevator.

The doors opened to a huge space, white & glorious, set up like a kind of labyrinth with a view of the river. Makeshift walls had been erected & featured fabulous illustrations by Tanya Ling, & along the improvised passageways the cruise collection was displayed. Dresses hung, tantalising me with their details & craftsmanship. Handbags in bright colours sat proudly on shelves. Shoes winked & glimmered under the lights.

The collection was designed by Marc Jacobs, & I think he did a magnificent job. I was very pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it, actually. It was gorgeous. There were plenty of pieces there that I would love to own. There was so much colour & vibrancy, which I really appreciated. Many of the pieces were bold, brash & daring. Bravo monsieur!

One of the most amazing things (to me) was the fact that the pieces on display were available to try on. I was too busy chatting for it to occur to me to don any of the wares, but I should have! How fabulous would an impromptu photoshoot have been?! Oh, me & my big mouth! Next time!

Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection 2009

This is my favourite piece from the collection. I am not the sort of girl to describe anything as “fierce”, but this? A hot pink jumpsuit? It is ABSOLUTELY, 100% FIERCE! Maybe a bunch of us could save up to buy it & then wear it in turns?!

Yum-o-rama!

Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection 2009

I also really like this ensemble. Pink & silver shoes, an enormous pink bag, a visor & patent leather fingerless driving gloves! Swoon! I would wear all of those accessories in a heartbeat!

Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection 2009

This dress is so fabulous that it doesn’t need any explanation. Look at the beautiful shape & the pink lining! Excuse me while I wipe the drool from the corners of my mouth. If that doesn’t inspire you, nothing will!

Okay — now on to close-ups of the actual pieces as I saw them!

Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection 2009

These heels are magnifique. Not so high you can’t walk in them — practicality can be useful! — & the most luscious colour.

Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection 2009

I am not usually a monogram kinda gal. But I might make an exception for a bag like this. It’s nice & big, too. Perfect for overnight trips to the Hamptons (‘cause that’s so my ‘hood!). What would I pack in it? Gold doubloons, perhaps… an entire set of Encyclopædia Britannica… a fabulous hat… & an Oompa Loompa (strictly for entertainment purposes).

Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection 2009

I love these. They are the kind of shoes I’d wear on the weekend if I was a sexy astronaut woman. I’d lie back in my lawn chair in Florida, vodka & tonic in hand, fantasising about flipping pancakes in a kitchen on the moon.

Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection 2009

GASP. Okay. I think I actually have to own these. I mean… that is perfection in a glove.

Louis Vuitton Cruise Collection 2009

Oh, Marc. OH, MARC. A glove like this could make a girl’s life complete. Or give her a heart attack. Perhaps a bit of both. A good fingerless glove is hard to find (& I have been searching since last year). I think I have met my match. Oh, pink gloves! Come to me! I would rock these so hard, it would be like… Stonehenge!

Of course, there were other pieces too, but they were designed for the more conservative crowd & didn’t appeal to my inner sartorial maniac. But I love that Marc took risks where it counted. I’m all about accessories anyway, so all the pink really tickled my fancy.

So… what do you think of the collection? I think I need to start putting money aside every week so I can snap some of these pieces up when they come out in November/December… & I simply must own a pink jumpsuit!


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  1. Gala

    Did they give out any info on when the pieces would be out or have a price sheet?

    Thanks
    Poochie

    <3 Poochie · Jun 20, 06:27 PM · #
  2. Lucky you!

    <3 Michelle · Jun 20, 06:29 PM · #
  3. OMIGOSH I love that jumpsuit tooooo!!!!! All it needs is a hat with a silk scarf tied around it…trailing in the wind.

    <3 [a} · Jun 20, 06:30 PM · #
  4. gasp Gala, love. You MUST tell (preferably show) us what you wore to the preview!

    I agree how amazing the driving gloves are. And I’m not a fan of LV.

    <3 lily · Jun 20, 06:31 PM · #
  5. drool! drool! i’m not usually an lv fan but this is fabulous.

    <3 sophie~ · Jun 20, 06:33 PM · #
  6. Poochie — November/December 2008, & there was no price-sheet…

    [a} — Wanna go halves with me? Or quarters? Or… thirty-seconds?!

    lily — See yesterday’s post!

    sophie~ — I know! You see what I mean about being reeeeally impressed. MJ has done great things for them.

    <3 Gala · Jun 20, 06:35 PM · #
  7. Wow! Oh my gosh, Gala, you are one lucky lady, and I am incredible envious. I’m not really into monograms either, bug that bag is pretty much awesome. And those gloves! I have spouted a recent obsession, and those are what dreams are made of. You totally should have tried stuff on, but it’s okay, like you said, next time! I hope you had lots of fun for all of us!

    <3 Stephanie · Jun 20, 06:39 PM · #
  8. J’adore those hot pink heels. All kinds of beautiful.

    <3 M · Jun 20, 06:39 PM · #
  9. i just love those gloves…black is more my thing but the pink is fabulous. i don’t know about the jumpsuit, it seems extremely trendy to me…a shortlived piece. but maybe i’m just not using my imagination :)

    <3 h.d. · Jun 20, 06:39 PM · #
  10. oooh and i forgot about that beautiful black/pink dress.
    that i would just kill for. perfection.

    <3 h.d. · Jun 20, 06:41 PM · #
  11. Stephanie — I’m always impressed when someone is able to turn something that didn’t initially appeal to me at all into something I would pay money for. That takes skill, it’s difficult to change my mind when it comes to aesthetics!

    MMoi aussi!

    h.d. — Oh yes, definitely something you could only wear for a finite timeframe… but imagine pulling it out of your closet in 30 years time & showing your kids/the biography channel! ;D

    <3 Gala · Jun 20, 06:45 PM · #
  12. That jumpsuit is unreal!!!!!!

    I think it was destined to be in your wardrobe!

    <3 Renee · Jun 20, 07:08 PM · #
  13. wow. those gloves are amazing.

    <3 star · Jun 20, 07:10 PM · #
  14. those gloves are the greatest thing i have ever seen.
    i love the beaded/chain/magnificent detail thing which im not too sure what to call. but i love it.
    too bad they would be way out of my price range.

    <3 Katrina · Jun 20, 07:25 PM · #
  15. those gloves are to die for!! I agree with you that fingerless gloves are awesome but so hard to find! I’ll never have the money to buy those gloves, but man…looking at them makes me droooooool, which is good

    <3 fran · Jun 20, 08:08 PM · #
  16. man i love love love jumpsuits! and pink! and that dress is magical. thanks for sharing.

    <3 ami · Jun 20, 08:10 PM · #
  17. pink jumpsuit is fab though not something a tshirt & jeans kinda girl like myself could pull off- though am quite sure it would look fabulous on you, gala. i adore that black dress with pink lining- very glam. love it. (& the hot pink gloves too, very cool)

    <3 kate · Jun 20, 08:19 PM · #
  18. I’m always up for a pair of gold wedges.

    <3 WendyB · Jun 20, 08:31 PM · #
  19. Since you saw them in person, do you know if the quality of the driving gloves is good? I’ve been looking for fingerless driving gloves for a gift. My sister needs them for practical purposes but can never find cute ones, and I feel so bad for her. She can wait until December but I kind of want to know how long they’ll last because they’ll probably be super expensive. Thanks.

    <3 Smithy · Jun 20, 09:04 PM · #
  20. Pink. Fingerless. Gloves.

    I…I must have a pair.

    Everyone should get a pair, and then we could form a cool club. :3

    <3 flo · Jun 20, 09:52 PM · #
  21. So jelous that you were there. How do you get to go all these places?

    Visit my blog! lenalightening.blogspot.com/

    <3 LenaLightening · Jun 20, 10:15 PM · #
  22. Oh my gosh, Gala you are so lucky! HOW did you scre an invitation!? I would give anything to go to a preview show in New York … and I would totally rock that beautiful black dress to go to one. What sort of people did you meet? Were they all fabulous?

    <3 MJ · Jun 20, 10:26 PM · #
  23. i’m not a huge fan of LV.

    but i love that dress and those leather driving gloves.. very very sexy indeedy!

    <3 Leanne · Jun 20, 10:58 PM · #
  24. Awwwwwwwe. I’m sure you can pull some of the ole strings & get some goodies winging your way! Can’t you?! Hehe. You DID meet Mr. Jacobs after all and he liked your hair, what better reason for him to bestow his delicious body treats on you! Eeeee. xx

    <3 kitten` · Jun 20, 11:03 PM · #
  25. Also congrats on being invited to such a soirre! You have to give us the goss… any famous faces?!

    <3 kitten` · Jun 20, 11:04 PM · #
  26. Uhm, loves it and totally jealous!

    <3 Darren · Jun 20, 11:07 PM · #
  27. OH love it all! I am not a labels kinda gal, but these you could totally mix into your regular attire. Thanks for sharing darling!!

    <3 Snow Pea · Jun 20, 11:33 PM · #
  28. Renee — I’d like to think so! Hee!

    kate — How good would that black dress with the pink lining look with the pink gloves?! Gasp!

    Smithy — I didn’t pick them up or try them on, but they looked like they were exceptional quality. I mean, for the price you’d pay (I’m not sure but I would think it would be high hundreds to low thousands), you would expect them to be absolutely top-notch. & if there was ever a problem, if you took them back to the store they would repaired in an instant.

    LenaLightening & MJ — Remember when Louis Vuitton invited me to a breakfast meeting (totally out of the blue) about a month ago? They told me to expect an invitation to this show :> Oh, & the people were very nice, actually. Mostly I spoke to other fashion writers & LV employees & a few of their customers. They were a friendly bunch! Pleasant surprise!

    kitten` — Yeah, I need to befriend him! Haha. & no famous faces, which was a surprise. Apparently Anna Wintour inspected the collection a couple of hours before the rest of us plebians arrived ;D

    <3 Gala · Jun 20, 11:43 PM · #
  29. i am totally swept away by that hot pink jumpsuit. i haven’t seen anything more beautiful in my entire life! actually all pieces are to die for. Totally. you lucky girl you, to get invited to such an event! thank you so much for sharing! kisses

    <3 Daiane · Jun 21, 12:04 AM · #
  30. i love love love the gold heels! i never thought of myself as a metallic shoe wearin gal, but these i would def. rock! i’d be afraid of the price tag though. haha.

    <3 nat oh · Jun 21, 02:01 AM · #
  31. I have never been Louis Vuitton fan but after this…......helloooooo Marc!
    It’s amaaaaziiiiing…..The jumpsuit, the black dress with the hat and the other black dress with the pink line….! I want it all SO badly.
    And yes fingerless gloves are really hard to find, but these ones, both black and pink….come to mammaaa!
    Oh and don’t make me start on the pink and silver heels….
    I’m in LOVE.

    <3 M.B. Whimsical · Jun 21, 02:12 AM · #
  32. I usually really hate Louis Vuitton, but oh, how I love pink!

    <3 Summer · Jun 21, 02:50 AM · #
  33. I absolutely adore hot pink!

    And those gold shoes—I could /only/ wear heels those high for fabulous reclining on lawn chairs, but it would be fabulous!

    <3 Annie · Jun 21, 03:44 AM · #
  34. Oh my god, I need those gloves. I can just imagine reaching for them and having some sales person slap my hand away, shouting ‘no touching!’.
    The pink shoes screeeeam Gala! Perhaps MJ can name them after you a la Bryan Boy and his bag. :)

    <3 popartpistol · Jun 21, 04:03 AM · #
  35. “I would rock these so hard, it would be like… Stonehenge!”

    Quote of the year. :D

    <3 Alice · Jun 21, 05:46 AM · #
  36. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

    oooohhhh so awesome! the dress is gorgeous and I love all the shoes.
    I would soooo love to join you as a superfantastic astronaut…
    And then bounce around the moon in the jumpsuit!

    :)

    <3 jenny · Jun 21, 08:33 AM · #
  37. Jumpsuits look sooo hot! I want one real bad for the summer, time to call my tailor!

    <3 Laiba · Jun 21, 08:49 AM · #
  38. The black dress (with pink lining) with a black top hat, pink topped walking stick, the pink gloves and a pair of black oxfords with a pink tongue…..

    ok, I’m going to go to bed and dream about that now…

    <3 Song · Jun 21, 09:16 AM · #
  39. My heart is still skipping beats after spying those gloves. You can wear one, I’ll wear the other!
    Gasping for air…gasping!

    <3 sushi zume · Jun 21, 10:22 AM · #
  40. Those pink gloves are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. I mean, I don’t even usually LIKE fingerless gloves, and those still melt my heart. Mark Jacobs is fashion genious incarnate.

    <3 Ayomide! · Jun 21, 10:29 AM · #
  41. gala ~ it was great seeing ya at the event! we need to get together soon!

    <3 wendy ~ nitro:licious · Jun 21, 12:06 PM · #
  42. Wow. Those pieces are fantastic! I love the description you gave of the astronaut shoes. You’d be the sexiest of moon-women!

    <3 miss morgan · Jun 21, 12:59 PM · #
  43. Hi Gala, I know you like MAC makeup but what products do you swear by?

    <3 Lauren · Jun 21, 01:07 PM · #
  44. WHOA pink bag, pink gloves, pink shoes. What can I say? Piiiiiiiiiiiink!

    <3 nana · Jun 21, 01:27 PM · #
  45. That pink bag! Those pink pumps! The pink gloves! falls over and dies

    <3 Tracy · Jun 21, 02:44 PM · #
  46. Glooooves ._. oh dear god. I am smitten and speechless. The jumpsuit is waaay too out there for me (I would swim in those pant legs at my height…) but I know you would find some unimaginable way to pull it off perfectly.

    I think you need a ‘Gala’s Designer Clothing Purchase Fund’. Everyone should pitch in :]

    <3 Lua · Jun 21, 02:50 PM · #
  47. Lovelove the pink bag, pink heels, and short fluffy black dress!!

    <3 Tara Diane · Jun 21, 03:23 PM · #
  48. I’m making every effort to live a more “Green and Eco-friendly” life to support the environment and animals. So, I don’t get a kick out of companies like these as I used to.

    I remember the days of bopping around town with my LV purses, scarves, shoes, etc…but no more. It simply doesn’t support my lifestyle or mission of conscious eating and living.

    I wish they’d offer animal and eco-friendly options for sassy environmental gals.

    <3 Kristen's Raw · Jun 21, 04:52 PM · #
  49. I love how your willing to give us a glimpse inside these places and share the goods!

    <3 Nubby · Jun 21, 06:32 PM · #
  50. I’m really digging that jumpsuit! and I normally don’t even consider 1-piece clothing. I guess I should start looking around more, because it’s fabulous. :D

    Oh! I meant to post this on the travel-related article, but I didn’t get a chance: I’m terrified of flying, but I really want to travel abroad. Do you know of any ways to deter such silly fear? Thanks in advance.

    <3 Sashia · Jun 21, 10:11 PM · #
  51. Those pink heels are to die for…I read this post this morning and those shoes have been drifting in and out of my consciousness all day!

    Ack! It’s all so lovely!

    <3 Lizzie · Jun 21, 10:46 PM · #
  52. Those gloves and pink heels!! =] So beautiful!

    I’m so jealous of you Gala!

    XO

    <3 Allayne · Jun 22, 06:14 AM · #
  53. I’d kill for those pink heels and the pink gloves!
    Damn you Gala, now I feel like I need these now I’ve seen them!

    <3 Natalie-Jayne · Jun 22, 10:36 AM · #
  54. Yes! to the hot pink jumpsuit and yes! to the black dress. And the black gloves (swoon!) Need I say more?

    <3 aziza x · Jun 22, 01:50 PM · #
  55. I absolutely adore that little black dress! It looks like it has a bustle incorporated into it! Yeah for bustles coming back!

    <3 Marie · Jun 22, 01:51 PM · #
  56. Wow, I love love love those gloves, and the little black dress – not sure about the jumpsuit or jumpsuits in general though

    <3 Helen · Jun 22, 04:01 PM · #
  57. I want that dress, the pink gloves and shoes. :) I usually am not thrilled with LV, but this was beautiful stuff. That dress must be mine.

    <3 Peta · Jun 23, 12:35 AM · #
  58. ok i own that and that…wow these are really lovely pieces!! You’re right, we might as well chip in some money altogether and take turns using it!!

    <3 cruella · Jun 23, 09:14 AM · #
  59. oh my, i have a massive weakness for louis vuitton and pink for that matter, so the photos in this post have been so fulfilling!!! i can totally see you rocking that pink jumpsuit, you looked gorgeous in the black jumpsuit from a while ago! xx

    <3 Amelia · Jun 24, 07:43 PM · #
  60. I love LV

    <3 louisvuitton · Jun 24, 09:36 PM · #
  61. I now own a hot pink jumpsuit. not THE pink jumpsuit but A vintage, silk pink jumpsuit from the 80’s its gorgeous.

    <3 Katrina · Aug 24, 09:41 PM · #
  62. Katrina — Photographic evidence pleeeeeease!

    <3 Gala · Aug 24, 10:07 PM · #
  63. www.flickr.com/photos/29885926
    there are a few photos of it on my flickr. i cant manage to get a full length shot theres nothing in my house quite far away enough to get one.

    <3 Katrina · Aug 25, 05:26 AM · #
  64. Okay this may be the silliest question in the world but are the items shown on this page available to the public? I’m in love with the jumpsuit. If they are available, how?

    <3 Natalie · Oct 4, 06:37 AM · #
  65. I just saw this awesome vuitton fashion film on the magazine FLY 16×9’s website the clothes were to die for and so were the models

    <3 claire · Oct 21, 12:13 PM · #
  66. Ms. Gala,

    Pardon me while I pick my jaw up off the floor. Those selections from the line are breathtaking! Im sure that your pictures can’t do them the justice of seeing the actual items in person. Lucky girl!!

    I would gladly wear any of the pieces you have featured. BEAUTIFUL! Go Marc!!

    <3 Kat · Dec 24, 12:28 AM · #

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