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L.A. skaters find creative inspiration and practice self-care at Louis Vuitton mansion

L.A. skaters find creative inspiration and practice self-care at Louis Vuitton mansion

By May 12, 2023 Life Style 0 Comments


The situation: You may have nearly limitless entry to a mansion in Bel-Air for the afternoon. The query: What do you do? Undergo the pink carpet robes within the closet, perhaps. Play pool, positively. Large chill within the hammock, overlooking a lot of the Westside (and what’s probably the Weeknd’s yard)? Completely. And what if we instructed you the mansion was residence to an unique exhibition from Louis Vuitton — that the leather-based hammock was designer, that the robes had been worn by Ana de Armas, Cynthia Erivo and Gemma Chan, and that the pool balls and sticks had been branded with “LV”?

Two people laugh and play ping pong.

Carlisle Aikens, left, and Ish Cepeda get pleasure from nearly limitless entry to a mansion in Bel-Air for the afternoon.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

A man in a suit jacket stands in front of a pool table and holds a pool cue.

Louis Vuitton Billiard Monogram Eclipse MM, one of many featured gadgets on the pop-up exhibition.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

A pool cue aims at a white billiards ball.

Louis Vuitton’s “Crafting Goals Los Angeles” was an appointment-only expertise for its high clientele that includes the home’s most coveted and singularly luxurious gadgets.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

A hand gripping a cue stick

Carlisle Aikens holds the cue stick from Louis Vuitton‘s Billiard Monogram Eclipse MM.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

Two men stand wearing Louis Vuitton stand at the head of a pool table holding cues.

On a spring weekend, skaters Ish Cepeda, left, and Carlisle Aikens explored leisure on their very own phrases.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

This was the scene for Louis Vuitton’s “Crafting Goals Los Angeles,” an appointment-only expertise for its high clientele that includes the home’s most coveted and singularly luxurious gadgets all through that ran from April 12 to Could 3. It was additionally the place the place, on a spring weekend, skaters Ish Cepeda and Carlisle Aikens explored leisure on their very own phrases.

A man wearing denim leans against a mirror, holding a silver bag.

Cepeda wears Louis Vuitton Pre-Fall 2023 MNG denim jacket, Racing Intarsia S/S shirt, MNG carpenter pants.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

Two men wearing denim pose in a hallway with skateboards on the wall.

Aikens, left, and Cepeda took their time within the hallway showcasing a set of Louis Vuitton skateboards as items of artwork.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

Man in denim stands in a hallway with skateboards on the wall.

Aikens wears Louis Vuitton Pre-Fall 2023 MNG denim shirt, MNG tank high, MNG carpenter shorts, LV Coach sneaker.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

“Crafting Goals” was like strolling right into a Louis Vuitton fever dream, every room devoted to a unique expertise. A whole gallery housed megawatt wonderful jewellery. The lobby featured a trunk sculpture that shot up into the residency’s extremely excessive ceiling. There was a whole child room, full with statuettes of the model’s mascot, Vivienne. True to Louis Vuitton’s heritage, trunks had been a centerpiece of the exhibition. L.A. purchasers bought an opportunity to preview the Cupboard of Curiosities, a particular trunk by industrial designer Marc Newson that made its debut at Milan Design Week in April. A designer was additionally on-site to create customized hard-sided trunks with choose purchasers. Highlights included the Infinity Celebration Trunk, that includes Yayoi Kusama’s whimsical dots and full with a full Champagne service.

Two men lounge on orange and red Louis Vuitton poufs.

Cepeda, proper, and Aikens lounge in a room with Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades Merengues by Campana in safran, gentle blue and corail, and Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades Cocoon by Campana in dawn.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

A detail of patterned Louis Vuitton jeans.

Element of the MNG carpenter pants.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

A man sits in a hanging lounge chair with a skateboard next to him.

Aikens sits within the Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades Cocoon by Campana in dawn.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

A man wearing denim sits on a blue pouf.

“Crafting Goals” was like strolling right into a Louis Vuitton fever dream, with every room devoted to a unique expertise.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

In entrance of photographer Sam Muller’s delicate lens, Cepeda and Aikens sipped on bubby whereas languidly exploring the large home. They performed Louis Vuitton-branded pingpong (luxe paddles and balls included). They took their time within the hallway showcasing a set of Louis Vuitton skateboards as items of artwork and walked by means of “White Canvas” — the exhibition inside the exhibition celebrating the model’s basic LV Coach and its many creative reinterpretations.

Two people sit on a blue couch in a room with Louis Vuitton suitcases.

Aikens, left, and Cepeda in a room with Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades Bomboca Couch by Campana in electrical blue and a Louis Vuitton LV X YK Cotteville 40; on the wall behind: Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades Aguacate by Campana.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

In different phrases, they had been out right here.

A paddle and pingpong balls lie on a L.V pingpong table.

Element of Louis Vuitton Ping-Pong Desk in Monogram Turquoise (luxe paddles and balls included).

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

A person lies on a hammock drinking Champagne.

Cepeda wears Louis Vuitton Pre-Fall 2023 MNG Resort S/S shirt, LVSE mini brief on the Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades Hammock by Atelier Oï in caramel.

(Sam Muller / For The Occasions)

Sam Muller is a Los Angeles-based photographer. He’s the founding father of 2001 Journal, and his work has appeared in Ssense, Thrasher Journal, 032c, and extra.

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