AUCTION CLOSES
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 AT 7:30 P.M.
PENELOPE’S Auction is dedicating its first sale of the autumn to Louis Vuitton and its two talented designers, Marc Jacobs and Nicolas Ghesquière, each of whom embodies a very distinct chapter in its history.
Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton’s first artistic director, “invented” the house’s ready-to-wear. He combined luxury with pop culture, initiating numerous collaborations with contemporary artists such as Takashi Murakami, Stephen Sprouse and Yayoi Kusama. Each show becomes a spectacular narrative, blending exuberance, humor, provocation and sophisticated femininity. Marc Jacobs has transformed Louis Vuitton into a cultural and media player, elevating the Monogram to the status of a desirable, must-have icon.
When Nicolas Ghesquière arrived in 2013, heir to the Balenciaga aura, he infused modernity and innovation. Through the prism of futurism and hybridization, architecture and technology, his lines are sculptural, his fabrics high-tech, and his silhouettes inhabited by contemporary energy. It places Louis Vuitton in an avant-garde dynamic, resonating with digital culture and the spirit of innovation.
Whatever the case, Jacobs and Ghesquière share the Monogram as their playground, culture and storytelling through an assertive scenographic dimension, and the bag as an icon. Nearly 200 garments, bags and accessories will retrace twenty-five years of creation at one of France’s most illustrious luxury houses, by two of contemporary fashion’s most influential designers.
Cherries smile on Monogram.
Turquoise, gold, and mint shine like fleeting summers.
𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐛𝐬, 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐆𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞̀𝐫𝐞, 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐥 𝐀𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐡, 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝
– names that turned 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐈𝐒 𝐕𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐍 into a living archive of desire.
From trunks of memory to Alma dreams, from playful collaborations to sculptural visions, these pieces are more than fashion- they are fragments of time, carried into the present.
At 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐄’𝐒 Auction, 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐈𝐒 𝐕𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐍 x 𝒀𝒂𝒚𝒐𝒊 𝑲𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒂 returns with the 2023 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍
– a canvas where heritage meets infinity.
In a restless world, these polka dots are more than pattern: they are resilience, joy, and a manifesto of style.
Beauty persists. Creativity resists.
Sun on leather. Faces in orbit. Dots that refuse silence.
At 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐄’𝐒 Auction, 𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐈𝐒 𝐕𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐍 x 𝒀𝒂𝒚𝒐𝒊 𝑲𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒂 (2023) breaks the canvas wide open: Monogram becomes galaxy. A bag becomes manifesto.
In a fractured world, these works are not accessories –
they are amulets of joy, resistance, and audacity.
History doesn’t repeat. It reinvents.
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