It may be quiet stateside, but there was a lot of activity front row during Menswear Fashion Week at the Louis Vuitton Fall 2019 show this afternoon (January 17).
Timothee Chalamet: We have become so accustom to seeing the young actor in a suit, that this hoodie, jeans and sneakers look is a rarity. What you won’t be surprised to learn is that the whole look is from the Louis Vuitton Fall 2019 collection. Perhaps he was front row scouting for his Oscar look. It has been well documented that the actor doesn’t work with a stylist, and picks his clothes himself, à la Blake Lively.
Naomi Campbell: I’m gonna need a moment, because this floored me. There is nothing more iconic than Naomi Campbell with 36 inches of straight hair, so this new short and honey-tinged ‘do had me gasping for air. I just love how fresh this makes her appear, and dare I say more youthful? As much as I’m dying to see the style of this dress – Is it a sleeveless halter? Does it have contrasting sleeves? – I think the mannish blazer sells the look. I can’t say the same for the bag.
Natalia Vodianova: The model wore a look from Louis Vuitton’s Sprig 2019 collection, but I’m only really interested in are the Christian Louboutin ‘Tokyozip’ boots here.
Skepta: The UK Grime rap artist was also wearing a Louis Vuitton Spring 2019 look styled with red accessories. If you are wondering about the sparkling clutch. It’s actually the invitation. Virgil Abloh’s Fall 2019 invites were sent as a single Michael Jackson embellished glove.
Kris Wu: The Canadian-Chinese actor opted to wear his invitation, which worked perfectly with his look; which felt very much like it was inspired by the late King of Pop.
Offset: The only thing missing from this look was his pipe and slippers.
Joel Edgerton: The actor showcased the more smart-casual Louis Vuitton look, in soft neutral tones. He was my favourite of the fellas.
Below is a looks as who else was in the front row today.
Timothee Chalamet, Frank Ocean
Skepta, Naomi Campbell, Jenke-Ahmed Tailly, Takashi Murakami
Mos Def, Venus X
Kris Wu, Joel Edgerton, Natalia Vodianova, Antoine Arnault
J Balvin, Sita Abellan, Offset, JJ Lin, Takanori Iwata
Credit: Courtesy of Louis Vuitton & Getty
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Naomi is never anything less than flawless. I LOVE the hair.
“I’m gonna need a moment, because this floored me.”
Oh my god yes. I did not recognise her and just had to collect my jar from the floor at such concentrated coolness. At closer inspection, all the various shades of beige are a bit hmmm and the bag belongs to another look, but WAY to carry it off!
Joel is the only one not trying too hard. BDOTW.
I have to admit that I don’t hate these LV looks, considering I’m almost physically repulsed by all their other front row fashions.
NAOMI! SHE WINS! BDOTW for sure! She is rocking every element of that look. YES.
They’re all a mess.
Naomi killed me
Love Naomi’s look!
Joel and Timothee look reasonable; the rest is awful. Naomi’s looks like a Monse Mess and I don’t like her with that silly wig.
The front row pics just come across as rows of try hards. I love Noami’s look but I wish the hair/wig was black. Timothee just looks like any guy in in any mid/big city around half the world. Joel is not pulling off that Michael Jackson glove.
This was one well dressed fashion show. I love how they all look different, cool and still true to their sense of style. Love!