LOUIS VUITTON

While the spirit of travel is often cited as a key philosophy behind Louis Vuitton, there is more than meets the eye in this fall’s sportswear-centric collection by Nicolas Ghesquière. Sure, there were super-luxe accents like denim that was actually wool treated to look like faded blue jeans, fur accents on short-sleeved jackets, and leather—a key material—sleek in a black coat or crackled to look worn and old. At the heart of the collection were forever pieces that were anything but boring: a pantsuit with a zip-up jacket in bright blue and white contrast trim; knee-length slip dresses worked with pleats, lace insets, sheer panels; a patterned sweater that managed to be off-kilter yet chic.