For 12 exhibitions now, Louis Vuitton has established that it is more than just a luxury house which creates bags and apparel coveted by all. It lives up to the true spirit of luxury with class, intelligence, philosophy and arts through a public space, Louis Vuitton Espace Culturel, which is a unique exhibition space for artistic expression and culture. For its latest exhibition, “Perspectives”, Louis Vuitton has brought together two French women, Odile Decq and Camile Henrot, of different disciplines to examine and explore the meaning of perspective in terms of space, time, and the essence of travel.

Odile Decq is a renowned architect best known for her recent work in the extension and fitting of the MACRO, Rome’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Meanwhile, Camile Henrot is a 31 year-old visual artist who has recently been preselected for Prix Marcel Duchamp 2010. Both women brought their different world views, personality and medium into Espace Culturel and created 16 works which attempts to explain space and the world by means of a two-fold view.

At Kris Van Assche’s Spring/Summer 2010 runway show, things remain spare and muted. But just because the colors are abbreviated as usual, it doesn’t mean that the designer has stays mum and lacks a point of view. Sure, an exploration of modern masculinity with a mix of toughness drawn from some classic male stereotypes such as the perennial favorite, the biker, who returns time and time again into the fashion spotlight, the vagabond, and the minimalist, are not exactly new narratives drawn up by the Belgian designer. However, he does manage to retain a sense of new nostalgia where everything feels like something you know about and have seen, but at the same time, you know you haven’t.

The thought of the South brings a certain sense of wistful romance. The aged Americana nuance of comfort, of sitting in a rocking chair on the porch, of well-dressed gentlemen with a homey twang to their speech, of manners, of a gentile quality often lost in the modern world and the city. However, the South is never quite associated with luxury, until Billy Reid came into the fashion world, armed with his Florence, Alabama heritage, determined to bring his Southern sensibility and upbringing into the sartorial scene. And as it turns out, when you have quality, and have put some meticulous thoughts into your design, and maintains a sense of timelessness in your work, it will be well received. And, as it turns out, Ried was awarded the GQ/CFDA Best Menswear Designer Award for 2010.