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Nicolas Ghesquière ((:nikola ɡɛs.kjɛːʁ); born 9 May 1971) is a French fashion designer and the current creative director of the house of Louis Vuitton (owned by LVMH). ==Early Life== Ghesquière was born in Comines, Nord, the son of a Francophone Belgian golf-course owner and manager in the 9,000-inhabitant ''Poitevine'' town of Loudun and a French mother, who enjoyed fashion. He grew up in Loudun, Vienne. From a young age, Ghesquière enjoyed and practiced sports, such as horse riding, fencing, and swimming, and, in fact, many of his collections today use that inspiration, most notably his scuba mini dresses and recently his equestrian-inspired fall/winter 2006 ready-to-wear collection. Reared in the small town of Loudun in western France's Poitevin-speaking area, At a young age, Ghesquière announced at that he wanted to be a designer,〔 http://www.wsj.com/articles/nicolas-ghesquiere-innovates-at-the-legendary-house-of-louis-vuitton-1415237040 〕 though he now admits this was partly from an adolescent desire to do something different from his parents and to alleviate country boredom. By the age of 12, Nicolas was dreamily sketching dress designs in his school books, making dresses out of his mother's curtains, and designing earrings out of his grandmother's chandelier crystals. He diligently did internships during his school holidays. At 14, he assumed an internship with French designer agnès b, for which he was paid in clothes. His next apprenticeship was with Corinne Cobson. He decided afterward that fashion was difficult and returned home to finish his schooling. After completing his studies, Nicolas worked from 1990 to 1992 as an assistant to designer Jean-Paul Gaultier. He went on to work at Pôles, designing its knitwear line followed by a series of inauspicious assignments with different companies, including the Italian house of Callaghan. Through his contacts with Marie-Amélie Sauvé and Nathalie Marrec of Balenciaga, Ghesquière eventually landed a job doing the licensing for Balenciaga and designing for the Asian market. It was from there that he was chosen as the new designer for the house, which had had limited success since the 1970s. (The label's founder, Cristóbal Balenciaga, died in 1972.) Ghesquière held, as he then described it, "what many would call the worst position in fashion," designing suits and funeral clothes under a Balenciaga licence for Japan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nicolas Ghesquière」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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