There has been a lot of talk in the fashion community about missing the shows, but what that really means is missing the sense of connection and sensory input you get from live experience — the same way most of us miss the view of life on the street (which is its own kind of show).

It’s not the running from city to city and collection to collection from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. that is mourned. It’s gossiping with the person next to you and ogling the inside of some never-before-seen Paris landmark and then seeing some combination of fabric and form that makes you think about identity in a new way.

That’s why at Louis Vuitton, Nicolas Ghesquière held his défilé under the glass dome of La Samaritaine, the 19th-century department store owned by LVMH that has been closed for a 15-year restoration (it was to reopen in April, but because of the pandemic, the doors will remain shut until next year), and made the walls into a green screen.

Source: New York Times

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