Louis Vuitton has unveiled its new Pre-Spring 2023 menswear collection that channels the creative vision of the late Virgil Abloh. The new Louis Vuitton creative team brought to life his vision of exploring boyhood through music. By looking at one’s musical journey, the new collection explores the mirrored evolution of wardrobe and how it dances with elements of past, present and future. Captured at the Centre National de la Danse in Paris, the new collection is organized into two chapters.

For Spring 2023, Jones continues in that vein by teaming up with ERL’s Eli Russell Linnetz for a new capsule collection titled “California Couture.” Presented as a first-ever guest-designed collaboration between Jones and Linnetz, the capsule was shown in California’s Venice Beach, which is a first-time location setting for the brand. The runway comprised a fleet of ERL x Dior clad models dressed in vibrant pastel satin suits, quilted puffer jackets, Christmas-colored tinsel tops and cozy half-zip pullovers.

Boasting a dazzling interplay of texture and light and a visionary furthering of creative director Nicolas Ghesquière’s mingling of past, present, and future, Louis Vuitton‘s Cruise 2023 show was a brilliant dialogue between the designer’s craft and the location he selected to show it: the courtyard of San Diego’s Salk Institute for Biological Studies, a visionary complex designed by architect Louis Kahn in the early 60’s. Multi-piece wraps recalled Ancient Greek tunics or the garb of Amazon warriors, while metallic scales updated medieval armor for the modern warrior woman. High-shine leathers and metallic denims were stitched with embroidery that oxidizes and changes color with time. Laser-cut, gladiator-like skirts danced and shimmered in the sun along with their wearers steps.