Fashion career profile
Nicolas Ghesquière
Nicolas Ghesquière is a French fashion designer and the artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s women’s collections. He began working in fashion as a teenager and joined Jean Paul Gaultier’s studio before moving to Balenciaga, where he became creative director in 1997. During his fifteen-year Balenciaga tenure, he helped shape the house’s modern identity through sharply constructed silhouettes and a close relationship between design and technical experimentation. Louis Vuitton appointed him artistic director of women’s collections in 2013. His remit is specifically womenswear, distinct from the house’s separate menswear direction. Ghesquière continues to lead the women’s collections, including runway and cruise presentations. The profile records his Balenciaga chapter as former and his Louis Vuitton position as current, while avoiding unsupported claims about education or broader executive authority.
- Role
- Artistic Director, Women’s Collections, Louis Vuitton
- Nationality
- French
- Age
- 55
- Career appointments
- 3
- Fashion houses
- 3
- Collections led
- 5
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- Previous house leadership: Creative Director, Balenciaga (1997–2012)A retrospective on his fifteen-year Balenciaga tenure documents the period. · Vogue
- Current role scope: Artistic Director of Women’s Collections, Louis VuittonLVMH identifies his remit as the women’s collections. · LVMH
- 1997 — Appointed Creative Director of BalenciagaHis fifteen-year tenure at Balenciaga established a major career chapter.
- 2013 — Joins Louis VuittonLVMH records the start of his women’s-collections role at the house.
- 2023 — Marks ten years at Louis VuittonLVMH’s retrospective documents a decade of his women’s-collections direction.
- 2013–Present — Artistic Director of Women’s Collections — Louis VuittonCurrent appointment · LVMH
- 1997–2012 — Creative Director — BalenciagaHistorical appointment · LVMH
- 1991–1992 — Assistant Designer — Jean Paul GaultierHistorical appointment · Palais Galliera