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The Life Aquatic
Condé Nast Traveler US
|January - February 2024
Louis Vuitton used Italy's Lake Maggiore as the inspiration and stage-for its latest cruise collection
There are many legends of Isola Bella: The tiny island in Lake Maggiore belonged to Italy's storied Borromeo clan for 500 years. But more recently, it played host to Louis Vuitton's resort show, a fantastical reimagining of one tale involving mermaids who transformed into flowers upon its shores-a notion translated by artistic director Nicolas Ghesquière into dreamy pastel gowns with blooms of organza and sweeping architectural hems, presented alongside custom-made headwear by a Roman opera atelier. After the show, the first ever hosted by the maison i
This story is from the January - February 2024 edition of Condé Nast Traveler US.
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