Louis Vuitton iPad Air 2 and iPhone 5 cases

It has been some time since my last post. A lot has happened since. 2 runway shows..New bag launches and for me, work, work, work and more work.

I guess it is time for me to update U with  something I got for myself recently. An iPad Air 2 case. What? another iPad case? Let me explain.

I got me a leather Louis Vuitton iPad Air and an iPhone case quite sometime back.

The original iPad Air and iPhone case

The split

But somehow on my iPhone case,  the wax trimming splits and leather and lining came apart only after a few months. The good people at Louis Vuitton provided me with a new case, which somehow came apart also after a few months. My iPad case also exhibited similar issue.  I guess leather cases are not for me so I change them both for the canvas case. The issue is that the local store only stocks leather cases for iPad and iphone. Only recently, they introduce canvas ones. Finally.

Here they are, my iPhone and iPad case.

iPhone 5 case in Damier Azur

iPad Air 2 case in Damier Graphite

 Guess what.. Both these cases have the exact same pattern as my old cases. My new iPhone 5 case is has the same design and pattern as my iPhone 4. My iPad Air 2 case has the same pattern as my old iPad 1 case. I guess if it works, better not change. LOL

Rumour: Louis Vuitton pulling remnants of Marc Jacobs off the shelves

Kindly take this as a rumour.. I cannot verfy if it is factual. 

I understand (from sources) that Louis Vuitton is going to discontinue products from Marc Jacobs era. One of the products is the leopard print and LVoe stuff.. What this means is that products bearing the leopard prints and LVOE logos ,e.g., scarves, shoes, etc is going to be discontinued in the near future.

I guess anyone who is interested in those prints better get them before they all dissappear from the shelves. If this is true, then it is a sad thing. I happen to lvoe the leopard prints.. 

Anyways, again, this is a rumour - take it with a pinch of salt. 

Louis Vuitton men's spring/summer 2015 and color by numbers - what is Kim Jones thinking? Part III

There is something to be said about Louis Vuitton Spring summer 2015 menswear. It sure is interesting. I called these 3 colorblock shirts, the alphabet shirts. I find these shirts pretty interesting, but not for the right reasons.

I cannot wear any of these 2 shirts (pictured below) on its own. On their own, these shirts lack a certain meaning. It looks like something one would wear during a parade, or some kind of uniform. But, together, they make sense. L for Louis, V, for Vuitton. So I guess, if I were to buy this shirt, I have to buy it also for my friend, otherwise, nobody knows that these shirts will cost me a bundle.

Picture from Style.com

Picture from Style.com

However, this shirt (pictured below) can be used on its own, if U ever had any ambitions to be one of the X-men, and the X is in pink! NICE! I always like Beast and cyclops. Or maybe I could be Storm, that would be interesting too.

Picture from Style.com

Somehow, I think these shirts might start a trend next year. I guess all I have to do now is to wait and see. I could be wrong, but then again..

Louis Vuitton men's spring/summer 2015 and Karakoram - what is Kim Jones thinking? Part II

I thought the mirrored apparel was kinda interesting. There is more.

Does these shirts remind U of anyone?

Picture from Style.com

Picture from Style.com

Picture from Style.com

Picture from Style.com

Picture from Style.com

Yes I know the shirts feature the famous Karakoram pattern, first used by Louis Vuitton in the 1920s. Kim Jones has used the pattern a few times times during his tenure in Louis Vuitton. But these, ah, shirts, remind me of someone, rather a character in comics and cartoon that I used to read and watch when I was younger. Oh, and I still read the comics. I just LVOE peanuts. Well, here he is, Charlie Brown in his very own Karakoram shirt. Nice, no?

Picture from Wikipedia.org

Louis Vuitton men's spring/summer 2015 and mirrors - what is Kim Jones thinking?

Am I the only one who thinks that these pieces from LV men's spring/summer 2015 are a bit on the ugly side?

I understand that he got his ideas from India sub-continent and its rich cultural history. LOL, I am partly Indian myself, and I can understand the fascination... but, with these, I am like huh?

I have seen many items with mirrors embedded them. The style is similar to heer embroidery (update: Shisha embroidery actually), and is usually used on women, tapestries and quilt covers and the occasional mens shirts.. But On bomber jackets and overalls?? 

I'm sure that it takes a lot of effort to create these amazing pieces, the embroidery (update: ceramic-coated and Mako yarns), the placement of each mirrored disc with LV or Louis Vuitton etched on them, but, I am still like in "what was he thinking" mode. Overalls...let me repeat that.... overalls!!!! 

Now where would one wear these (update: glamorous sport hybrid) , I know, in a disco, dance clubs with techno music pumping.. and if these clubs lack a disco ball, U know what U can do to help. Just wear this overall or bomber jacket, stand in the middle of the dance floor, and voilà! 

Instant disco ball!

 

Disco ball anyone?

All photos from Style.com

Louis Vuitton under Nicolas Ghesquière

After watching 2 runway shows from LV's new creative director, I cannot help but miss Marc Jacobs terribly. It is not that Nicolas Ghesquière's collection is terrible. In fact, far from it. But, I cannot help but thinking that LV's new direction is so different, the brand might alienate its many loyal customers.

The fall/winter 2014/2015, Nicolas Ghesquière's debut collection for LV, to me looks like something that is usually reserved for its pre-collection. It is boring and safe... mundane. I do not see anything to rave about. No oomph,. Classy, yes. Luxe, yes.. but boring, somehow.  But, then again.. I am not a girl. lol

The whole thing looks to me, very Balenciaga...but more lux. Technically superb... I like some of the designs, like the 2nd dress from the right. Looks like feathers.. but it is not. And the soundtrack from the runway, is apt... Copy Cat from Kelis. Many of Nicolas Ghesquière's creation has been copied by other designers... But somehow... the sum of its parts does not make a whole.

Also, the new logo on many of the invite. What's up with that. (Oh.. I was invited to the fall/winter women's event)

And the bags... don't even get me started.  If the clothes looked like Balenciaga, the bags are even worse. Some of them looked like rejects from Tods... I was told that the inspiration of that particular bags was from its archives.. I think some things are meant to be in the past and not dug up. The Petit Malle though is not part of that list. I like it. A very nice clutch, beautiful to look at. and classy.

Me thinks that change is good, inevitable, every new designer wants to put his stamp, his trademark on a brand. And LV does not have a RTW heritage, unlike Dior, Chanel.. but somehow, I grow up with Marc Jacobs and LV. It seems that the past 17 years never happened, Marc Jacobs and LV never happened. I love his collaboration and fascination with the art world, and the many artists that collaborated with him and LV. Stephen Sprouse, Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince, Kanye West and Yayoi Kusama are some of the artists involved. The stuff that came out of that collection is fantastic. I just love them.. Unfortunately, I only have 1 piece.. Oh well..

Anyways, I do not know if this particular change is good, or bad. Only time will tell.

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My first post. Pardon the mess

"I don't know what to say!" I remembered this line from a political figure some time back. I was laughing hysterically. How can a politician utter that line. Don't know what to say? hmm...

Looking back, and today, starting a blog. I am suddenly tongue-tied. Why? Cause, at a ripe middle-age of 47, I am starting a blog.  Why am I doing this? I honestly don't know. I was told by a friend that I should. I ask him, who would read my blog, and he said that he woould. I am like, huh, what????

What do I write about? Who do I write about? Why should I write? Honestly, I don't know. I guess I have to start at the very beginning.

Oh well... Here I am. Here I'll stay. Here I blog... and this is a beginning.