Or rather I’d say, trunks of things. Prior to what we call
them as luggage today. You would certainly find yourself in a space where
literally everything could fit in a trunk. By everything, I also mean a
personalized skate trunk for Kim Yuna as well as trunk that could be transformed
into a desk.
At the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul, “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez - Louis Vuitton”, I
found myself going through the journey of Louis Vuitton himself from 1854 following
by Georges and Gaston-Louis, his son and grandson, who took on the legacy and invented the famous monogram canvas that has lasted until today.
Rather than exploring the experiential space like its series3 exhibition in London back in 2015, this exhibition is curated more like a proper old fashioned exhibition with
more emphasis on the objects. I was surprised to see so many different kind of trunks in one room, as each trunk would function differently depending on the traveler, who had ordered the company with different needs. The shape, material, size as well as how it was constructed are distinct for each trunk depending on types of objects that were meant to be kept in it. For example, there were trunks with separated drawers to keep shoes or hats and library ones that opened sideways and were separated into sections like a book self.
What I like about this exhibition is that it really tells the brand history from the first to the last room by incorporating archives since 1800s until with Marc Jacobs' and Nicolas Ghesquière's collections along with special collaborations with Takashi Murakashi or even the most recent one with Supreme. Since this exhibition is held in Seoul, at the end of the gallery, the brand has made a special collaboration with KakaoTalk, which is a Korean messenger application. The mascots of the app, Kakao Friends, are made into fabric patch and leather name tag. They were quite pricey for a DIY patch, but all visitors were given out a card where you can download free stickers (Kakao Friend x Louis Vuitton), which you can say is like a big emoji that animates. The stickers are available to use within the app for 30 days. I personally don't use this app often, but I'm not going to lie that they're quite cute and is a way to showoff to your friends LV emoji that you could only get by going to the exhibition.
See the exhibition in more details in the vlog below!
See the exhibition in more details in the vlog below!
The exhibition runs from today until 27th August
2017, and it might also be a good idea to book your free entry ticket in
advance from here than to wait in a long line up front.
I'm not going to say much in this post except from the fact that it came with hard work of carrying my D750 and F100 literally everywhere. My shoulders and arms were exhausted over the period of five days. My goal of this trip was to be truly immersed in film since I usually use DSLR as a main camera just because I would be able to see the photos right away. This time though, I just wanted the analog process to take control, while using my D750 for Vlog footage only. I guess this post is really is about showing Paris-on-the-go in both analog and digital versions. One is unfiltered and one features music and was edited in Premiere.
Hope you enjoy xx
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