Louis Vuitton Celebrates Its History With Side Trunk Bag
For Cruise 2023, Louis Vuitton debuts the new Side Trunk PM, merging heritage with a contemporary style.
Photography Lara Giliberto
Styled by Alessanddra Faja
Nicolas Ghesquière's locations for his Louis Vuitton cruise shows have spanned the globe, from the TWA Flight Center at New York’s JFK airport to the MAC in Rio de Janeiro and the Miho Museum in Japan. For the brand’s Cruise 2023 show the fashion set descended upon the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, an imposing, Brutalist building designed by Louis Kahn in the early 1960s.
Though Ghesquière’s designs are often seen alongside some of the world’s most iconic architectural locales, the Maison took things a step further for Cruise 2023, timing the show to take place during a blazing sunset, which cast golden rays on the building’s central courtyard and brought the collection’s jacquard, silk, and tweed fabrics to vibrant life. Light reflected on the collection’s metallic elements, including the hardware on the season’s latest handbags.
A key piece sent down the sun-bathed runway was a new iteration of the iconic Petite Malle. Retaining the codes of the traditional trunk with its metallic corners and side S-lock but with a more supple, body-friendly shape, the bag, named the Side Trunk PM, is a new twist on a classic.
