Nicolas Ghesquière creates costumes for the hit musical "Starmania"
STARSTRUCK: Nicolas Ghesquière ventures into stage costumes for the first time. When a new production of the 1970s French rock opera "Starmania" - arguably the most famous and successful French musical of all time - arrives in Paris in November, it will be with costumes by the designer , currently head of women's collections at Louis Vuitton.< /p>
"Like many, I was breastfed as a child by 'Starmania', it's a work with a visionary dystopian dimension that fascinates me,” said Ghesquière.
The new production, which debuts at Seine Musicale on November 8 before a national tour from February to June next, is directed by Thomas Jolly and choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
For his costumes, Ghesquière says he wants to "imagine how the emblematic characters of 'Starmania' would look dressed in 2022 The musical's themes, he says, "resonate more than ever today, and I wanted to craft an ultra-contemporary wardrobe accordingly."
The costumes are adapted from the Ghesquière collections at Louis Vuitton as well as some new models. "Each character embodies one of my collections, like a repertoire of house vocabulary," he says.
"Starmania", with music by musician and composer Michel Berger and lyrics by Luc Plamondon, has was originally staged in 1978 and many of his songs have since become part of French popular culture.
STARSTRUCK: Nicolas Ghesquière ventures into stage costumes for the first time. When a new production of the 1970s French rock opera "Starmania" - arguably the most famous and successful French musical of all time - arrives in Paris in November, it will be with costumes by the designer , currently head of women's collections at Louis Vuitton.< /p>
"Like many, I was breastfed as a child by 'Starmania', it's a work with a visionary dystopian dimension that fascinates me,” said Ghesquière.
The new production, which debuts at Seine Musicale on November 8 before a national tour from February to June next, is directed by Thomas Jolly and choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
For his costumes, Ghesquière says he wants to "imagine how the emblematic characters of 'Starmania' would look dressed in 2022 The musical's themes, he says, "resonate more than ever today, and I wanted to craft an ultra-contemporary wardrobe accordingly."
The costumes are adapted from the Ghesquière collections at Louis Vuitton as well as some new models. "Each character embodies one of my collections, like a repertoire of house vocabulary," he says.
"Starmania", with music by musician and composer Michel Berger and lyrics by Luc Plamondon, has was originally staged in 1978 and many of his songs have since become part of French popular culture.
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