Tableau vivant

French for "living picture" -  a static scene in art containing one or more actors or models that are carefully posed, combining aspects of theatre and the visual arts.

Women's Artistic Director Nicolas Ghesquière turns to painted portraits of the past as inspiration for his next Louis Vuitton show which will take place at the Louvre Museum in Paris.  

Watch the fashion show live on Tuesday, 3rd March 2020 at 5:30 pm (UK Time) at louisvuitton.com

For the new campaign, Academy Award-winning actress Emma Stone heeds the call to break free, to run away, to surrender to the moment. Dancing on top of the famed Casa Malaparte, plunging into the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, or simply taking in the breathtaking views of the renowned Italian island, she gets caught up in the exhilarating whirlwind of Heures d’Absence. Behind the new perfume's dreamlike name lies an optimistic message composed with some of the most majestic floral notes as allegories of joy, love and escape. 

Echoing Louis Vuitton’s perfume of the same name launched in the 1920s, the new Heures d’Absence serves as an invitation to travel that is both introspective and emotional. For the third time, the Academy Award-winning actress and Louis Vuitton Ambassador Emma Stone brings her singular spirit to the Maison’s latest fragrance campaign. Set amongst the idyllic scenery of Capri, along the Italian island’s dramatic coastline or atop of the famed Casa Malaparte, the campaign is an ode to the power of daydreams and the promise of eternal renewal.

At the height of the Roaring Twenties in all their creative effervescence, the Maison Louis Vuitton launched its first perfume, Heures d'Absence, named after the country home the Vuitton family acquired in the Seine-et-Marne region of France. The fragrance captured the spirit of the day and its design celebrated the new modes of transport that were then emerging. Evoking the idea of great escapes, the name could hardly fall into oblivion: it was destined to be reborn nearly a century later, though the original formula has long since been lost. 

Today, Louis Vuitton's Master Perfumer Jacques Cavallier Belletrud has reinvented Heures d'Absence by interpreting its dreamlike name as an ode to the blossoms from Grasse that he so loves - allegorical figures of joy, love and getaways. The new composition is that of a grand, sophisticated bouquet in a resolutely contemporary way: an exhilarating whirlwind of Jasmine from Grasse, Sambac Jasmine from China,  May Rose and Mimosa from the Tanneron. Like the hands of a timepiece set against an infinite dial, the fragrance carries a promise of eternal renewal. 

Heures d'Absence joins ten other perfumes for women: Cœur Battant, Rose des Vents, Turbulences, Dans La Peau, Attrapes-Rêves, Apogée, Contre Moi, Matière Noire, Mille Feux and Le Jour Se Lève.

Thanks to its signature LV-shaped clasp and versatile design, the Twist bag has quickly become one of Louis Vuitton’s most recognisable bags. This spring, new models have been introduced including a just-released mini size, colourful plexiglass handles, and modern matte hardware, enlivening the collection of New Classic bags.