Louis Vuitton Cruise 2027 Show at the Frick Collection Blends Downtown and Uptown

Nicolas Ghesquière presented Louis Vuitton's Cruise 2027 collection at the Frick Collection in New York, a former Gilded Age mansion of Henry Clay Frick that became a museum in 1935. The show juxtaposed downtown and uptown aesthetics, featuring Keith Haring-tagged luggage from the 1930s, pop art colors, and American casualwear like denim and leather. Ghesquière described the collection as exploring the duality of New York, with outfits combining sportswear knits with Lesage embroideries and Devo-shouldered leather jumpsuits. Accessories included a taxicab bumper light bag and a metallic Coke can with a Vuitton clasp. The collection referenced multiple golden ages of New York—the 1890s, 1920s, 1960s, and 1980s—and aimed to create a patchwork of ideals and outlooks. Ghesquière noted that casualness is the foundation of American style, and the collection gradually assimilated into the Frick's grand salons as embroideries and floral prints emerged.