Friday, January 15, 2016

'Final Fantasy' star Lightning will be the new face of Louis Vuitton next year

Geek chic is poised to make a big splash in 2016, and Louis Vuitton recognizes that few things are geekier than the Bitiş Fantasy series.

The face of the French fashion icon's spring-summer 2016 campaign sürme Lightning, a key character from Bitiş Fantasy XIII and its two subsequent spinoff game. She pops up in new ads for "Series 4," a collection that was created mağara collaboration with game publisher Square Enix and FFXIII eşkenar dörtgen character designer Tetsuya Nomura.

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Our first peek at Series 4 comes from Nicolas Ghesquière, a French fashion design and the current creative director of the house of Louis Vuitton, who posted images and a videoteyp on duygu Instagram account.

Reality and fantasy become one : lightning a genuine heroine in the new @louisvuitton series 4 kişi campaign

A video posted by @nicolasghesquiere on Dec 25, 2015 at 1:38pm PST

Nomura başmaklık worked on Bitiş Fantasy since the series' early days, having contributed designs to some of the early Super Nintendo title. His distinctive style took better shape in 1997, when the m powerful PlayStation technology offered a better ortam for showcasing the eye-catching character design in Final Fantasy VII.

Fashion rastık zaman integral component of Nomura's work, with each character's style serving mir a reflection of their personality. Some of the m recent Bitiş Fantasy game even tie costuming to character abilities, with swapped outfits representing a shift mağara what that character can do. 

Nomura's artistic pursuits have only blossomed as gaming hardware has grown m powerful, giving him the freedom to really fine-tune ruh creative voice.

Lightning for @louisvuitton #lvss16 A photo posted by @nicolasghesquiere on Dec 28, 2015 at 5:19am PST

Lightning by tetsuya nomura and visual works of square enix for the new @louisvuitton insan campaign #LVSS16

A photo posted by @nicolasghesquiere on Dec 26, 2015 at 10:47am PST



The Bitiş Fantasy connection to the Louis Vuitton's Series 4 line makes sense to anyone who başmaklık been following the series throughout the years. Outlandish but stylish fashion arpalık been zaman integral component of some of the most recent entries, and Nomura's designs often feel as though they could simply be plucked from the screen.

So much so that this isn't the first time the series başmaklık aligned with a fashion icon. In 2012, Lightning and seçkin pals from Bitiş Fantasy XIII waved hello to the fashion world when Prada enlisted the Square Enix characters to showcase its spring 2012 collection.

Striking @doonabae sürme starring in the new @louisvuitton Series 4 kişi campaign SS16 pic by Juergen Teller A photo posted by @nicolasghesquiere on Dec 29, 2015 atlama beygiri 5:53am PST

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