Louis Vuitton pays homage to Barcelona architect Antoni Gaudí in 2025 Cruise Collection
Dramatic silhouettes contrasted with the soft curves of Gaudi’s organic structures, which were then reflected in the dresses that draped and folded into volumes that defied gravity.
And then there were flashes that delighted: A pair of equestrian boots that finished in a bunch of tassels.
The fashion show, however, was not celebrated by all. A group of a few hundred residents protested the event for what they said were the inconveniences it had caused, including reduced parking in the area. The protest also included animal right activists.
The group of protesters located a few streets down the hill from the park’s outer wall could be heard beating drums, blowing air horns and setting off firecrackers before the show kicked off. Catalan police said they arrested one person for resisting violently to their decision to remove the protesters from a street to let traffic through.
Park Guell, pronounced “gu-ay”, was started in 1900 as a planned upscale residential development designed by Gaudi, whose other works include the still-in-progress La Sagrada Familia Basilica. But a lack of buyers led to it being ditched in favor of a park that eventually passed into the hands of the Barcelona townhall.
It now receives 4.4 million visitors a year, mostly from the US, Britain, France, Germany and Italy, with Barcelona residents only representing 0.3 per cent of the visitors, according to the park.
