Jones, although, remains firmly English. 'I'm a definite expat, that's for
positive,' he says when we meet in that studio. Unrepentantly AngloSaxon, he
cheerily confesses that his French isn't as much as scratch yet 'everyone inside
the studio speaks English, and I haven't got any spare time for you to do the
homework' a scenario not helped by his fondness for watching British http://www.louistaschenshoponlinede.com/
on satellite. He's a regular haunter of WH Smith by the Jardin des Tuileries to
catch up around the English press 'they've got a brilliant choice of magazines'
and BookMarc (owned by Louis Vuitton's inventive director, Marc Jacobs) for
weightier tomes. Foodwise, Jones favours Ralph's Ralph Lauren's restaurant to
get a Sunday lunch that's light on the garlic ('It's good to possess some thing
a bit Englishy if you are feeling homesick').
It's not as if Jones, 33, is unadventurous. Professionally, his previous
incarnations as designer for Dunhill and his personal label garnered rapturous
acclaim for their precise and playful take on contemporary streetwear and
tailoring. And at Vuitton, exactly where he is the figurehead for the masculine
half of what exactly is amongst by far the most globally recognised brands
within the fashion business, he has embarked on a brilliantly simple conceit
around which to frame his biannual collections: a world tour.'The truth is,' he
says, 'I'm probably only in louisvuittonsbagsoutlet
about half of my time.' To analysis this collection, he went on an extended
factfinding mission to Bhutan. There is certainly a full set of yellowspined
copies of National Geographic shelved tellingly behind his desk, and even though
he will not reveal the subsequent country on his radar, he talks with distinct
enthusiasm about Papua New Guinea ahead of adding, 'but how lots of countries
are there inside the planet? Hundreds. I'd be dead ahead of I could do them
all.'
Around the day we met in Paris, Jones was adding the very final touches to
his collection for this autumn, a collection that drew substantially of its
inspiration from Bhutan. Slightly manic from the weight louis vuitton herrentaschen
his impending deadline, Jones took me for the rails to view his Himalayaready
deerskin parkas, marbleornamented carabiners, some excellent jackets and
overcoats in yak felt (who knew?), Vuittonised luxury hiking boots
(ostentatious, but knowingly so), blankets in Bhutanese verify, shirtstuds made
from stone taken from Mt Everest itself, and also a classic Vuitton trunk
transformed into a sherpaready backpack.
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