New Louis Vuitton Flight Mode Collection Explores Art And Travel
Louis Vuitton reinforces its fundamental principle as the maison where luxury-suffused travel thrives by way of an expansive new offering, dubbed Flight Mode, for Summer 2024 expeditions. Louis Vuitton proposes a cohesive wardrobe spectrum from ready-to-wear to leather goods, shoes and accessories that are designed to transform the holiday experience from planning to completion.
Flight Mode builds upon the graphic motifs found in the S/S 24 women’s ready-to-wear collection by reproducing variant stripe forms across its sportswear in ivory and ecru. That collection’s billowing lightness communicates an aerodynamic sleekness of movement in Flight Mode blousons, parkas and hooded capes.
Winnowing into the historic sense of art and travel to define a modern journey, Flight Mode grounds itself with print. Élysée Palace Hotel stamps that adorn Keepall and Side Trunk bags celebrate the first Parisian luxury hotel in the 8th Arrondissement. Past becomes present with cotton and linen reproductions from Louis Vuitton late-19th century trunk fabrics. Additional stamps, Louis Vuitton printed motifs, recollect the maison’s rich history with adventure narratives across planes, trains and automobiles.
Anatomical movements around travel are thoughtfully considered with Flight Mode iterations of new Low Key bags in Hobo and Shoulder styles. These calfskin accessories anticipate body-conscious ‘carry this’ and ‘we really should readjust that’ nuances occurring in any voyage. The universally revered Capucines offers calming, supple shades of black and brown that reflect the poise travel often necessitates.
Flight Mode capsule showcases sparkle from its full range of jewelry. Sci-fi initials of the famous GO-14 logo — itself a romantic moment in time on creative director Nicolas Ghesquiére’s first Louis Vuitton October in 2014 — interchange their adornment by becoming earrings and pendant necklaces. LV Volt iterations in white gold and Iconic Louisa contrasting pearl-to-gold earrings punctuate the Flight Mode travel-in-luxury overriding statement as statement pieces meant to reaffirm the next voyage for style.
