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Article: Vive la difference.(Louis Vuitton and Yves Saint Laurent shows in Paris )
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- WWD
- Article date:
- October 8, 2002
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There was something for everyone in Paris as the shows rolled along. Sweetness and light was Marc Jacobs' winning formula for Louis Vuitton, while Tom Ford had a darker vision for Yves Saint Laurent. John Galliano, on the other hand, was wildly whimsical.
Louis Vuitton: Takashi Murakami's happy monster balloons that decorated the plaza outside the Louis Vuitton show spoke volumes: Check your worries at the doorstep, and settle in for joie du mode. The playful hot-air giants heralded more than the wonderfully witty handbags on which Murakami also collaborated, carried by a fast-moving parade of pastel satin-clad flight-attendant types to open the show. The balloons ...