Louis Vuitton goes interactive
Louis Vuitton is celebrating six of its designer's "muses" in an interactive exhibition at the Tokyo Station Hotel. "Timeless Muses" honors supermodel Kate Moss, film director Sofia Coppola, French actress Catherine Deneuve, novelist Françoise Sagan, architect Charlotte Perriand and, to bring the "timeless" into context, 19th-century French Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III.
The exhibits utilize white-screen technology, which allows visitors to see 3-D projections through the polarized lenses of masks they are asked to wear. Static photos and sculptures will appear to come to life in this Tokyo-only exhibition, which kicked off at the end of August with an opening party that saw two muses — Deneuve and Moss —make rare appearances on this side of the globe. It's a free show and is open till Sept. 23. (M.J.)