confirmed - nicolas ghesquière in at louis vuitton

louis vuitton announced that nicolas ghesquière has been named women's design director replacing marc jacobs.  "i am so happy. it is an excitement. a feeling that what i lived before was preparing me to do this," said ghesquière.  read more at the nytimes.

rumours....

the internet is going nuts today congratulating nicolas ghesquière on being named creative director of louis vuitton, including tweets from nina garcia, dazed & confused & eva chen.  but, as of right now,  lvmh is officially denying his appointment.  time will tell.....

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erin o'conner photographed by cathleen naundorf for harper's bazaar uk, june 2013

karen elson & edie campbell photographed by steven meisel for vogue italia, may 2013.

nicolas ghesquière & charlotte gainsbourg photographed by karim sadli for 032c, spring/summer 2013 

cate blanchett photographed by sean & seng for 032c, spring/summer 2013

rhianna porter photographed by domenico cennamo & styled by luca stefanelli for forget them, spring/summer 2013

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sylvester ulv photographed by brett lloyd for modern weekly china, spring/summer 2013 

daft punk photographed by maciek kobielski for obsession magazine, may 2013

nicolas ghesquière photographed by juergen teller for system magazine, issue no. 1

michelle williams photographed by willy vanderperre  for esquire russia, may 2013

milla jovovich photographed by sebastian faena for vogue turkey, may 2013

nicolas ghesquière to leave balenciaga

nicolas ghesquière is leaving his post as creative director of balenciaga as of november 30th, 2012.  in a statement, ppr chairman françois-henri pinault said "critóbal balenciaga was a master, a genius whose avant-garde vision dictated fashion's greatest trends and inspired generations of designers. with an incomparable creative talent, nicolas has brought to balenciaga an artistic contribution essential to the unique influence of the house."  according to ppr it was a "joint decision to end their working relationship". no word yet as to what ghesquière plans next. shock and awe!