At the heart of Paris, Louis Vuitton pays tribute to their outstanding history with the LV Dream exhibit
It’s the humble beginnings of a brand that grounds a major fashion house—from the story of how they attained such craftsmanship, hovering over trends year after year, to the ideas that push fashion forward. For enthusiasts, these steps to success have become part of their history as fashion houses established their style identity throughout the years, and it is a kind of history that continues on until today.
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To honor their heritage, Louis Vuitton created a space that allows the audience to walk through time. This exhibit is a space that celebrates the artistic collaborations they have been known for since the beginning, as well as the codes they have grounded since the beginning. For a timeless touch, Parisians and tourists can roam around the exhibit, which is located in the historical former Belle Jardinière department store.
With a history that includes 160 years of creative exchange, we can only imagine the rich exploration as we pass through time and style in the exhibit. As a whole, it’s a creative universe congested in broad space as the team laid out nine immersive rooms to truly amplify the dialogue the House established since 1854.
The nine rooms are plotted out to create a storyline. It begins with two portraits of Louis Vuitton himself and his travel to Paris, where he opened his first store at 4 rue Neuve-des-Capucines in 1854. While the first room kept it immersive with a digital depiction of the designer, the second room kept it authentic with creations from the past, one of which includes the Stokowski Secretary Desk from 1890.
It’s a graceful flow of time that continues on as they decorated the sixth room with the collaborations the House had with fellow designers. To name a few, Karl Lagerfeld’s piece the “Punching Bag,” Christian Louboutin’s “Shopping Bag,” and various designs of the Monogram had over the years.
To wrap up the journey, the final room was made for the fashion world, where creations from 1996 are gathered from different genres of fashion such as menswear, womenswear, and accessories designed by the past directors of Louis Vuitton. The ninth room perfectly ties up the historical narrative of the House.
It’s truly inspiring to see how a small shop developed into the fashion giant we’ve all grown to know and love. In the fashion world, a history like this that’s preserved so well in this time is hard to find, but Louis Vuitton opened its doors to their past for the world to see.
