Louis Vuitton

While this post is coming far too late, I don't feel as guilty since blogger darling Garance Doré has just recently posted her video from the show. I had the pleasure of meeting the woman and momentarily gushing to her about her blog. Anyway, back to the task at hand... Marc Jacobs's most recent collection for Louis Vuitton brazenly challenged the idea of taste. Set within an Oriental frame, the clothes seemed to be a stark reaction to the Minimalism seen across the runways over the past few seasons. Opulence was of the utmost importance, as shiny fabrics and heavy beading dominated the collection. The silhouettes appeared to take cues principally from the twenties, an appropriately decadent era. In a style.com interview, Marc referenced Paris Is Burning—a documentary that follows drag queens in New York—which could not be a more fitting reference for the shameless camp Marc put forth on the runway. He also described Paris as a "frosted cake," alluding to the stylized, unnatural state of the city, which he echoes in the over-stylized clothes. From the fringe beaded "dress" (if you can call it that) on Hannah Holman to the kitschy panda emblazoned on Kinga Rajzak's top to the body paint on Kristen McMenamy, it was quite literally brilliant. Thank goodness we have Marc to alleviate the I-take-myself-too-seriously nature of fashion.

Kristina Salinovic

Jeneil Williams

Lindsey Wixson

Hannah Holman

Alana Zimmer

Anja Rubik

Kasia Struss

Ajak Deng

Si Tanwiboon

Joan Smalls

Olga Sherer

Masha Kirsanova

Rose Cordero

Liu Wen

Shu Pei Qin

Frida Gustavsson

Arizona Muse

Kinga Rajzak

Kristin McMenamy


Photos via style.com