Louis Vuitton Cruise 2010 Menswear Collection

From I LVOE LV, the ever devoted LV site showed us some pieces from Louis Vuitton 2010 Cruise collection. Designer Paul Helbers of Louis Vuitton menswear garnered athletic style with the elements of the streetwear fashion. With the unsurprising suits, trousers and coat coming in for the cruise collection, the patterns were based on the star spangled banner and bike helmets. Also, the designer had the "New York City bike messengers" theme on his mind to be fully blasted for the Spring collection.

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Chanel Cruise 2009/10 Ad Campaign

Photographed by Karl Lagerfeld, here are the photos for the Chanel Cruise 2009/10 ad campaign with models Karen Elson and Baptiste Giabiconi. With Venice as its main inspiration, the dim-lighted concept captured the essence of the Venetian lifestyle and Italian Spirit.

Chanel Cruise 2009/10 Menswear collection

Black and white stripes, suited-sailor theme, and the lovely Venetian setting, that would be the whole definition of what Karl Lagerfeld did to the resort collection of Chanel. With inspiration coming from Tatjana Patitz's son, Tadzio in the novel "Death in Venice", the cardigans, shorts and the well tailored suits defined a modern sailor paddling through the water ways of Venice. Synonymous to a love story, two lovers wouldn't get a happy ending without an antagonist, just like Lagerfeld's use of the infamous color tandem of black and white, the red seems to be contrasting yet stunning that made me think of what red had symbolize in the 1971 film.

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