For Nicolas Ghesquière, the energy of Chinese youth felt palpable, so spotlighting local creativity for his first show in China since COVID-19 — and Louis Vuitton‘s first runway show under the Voyager Show format — was a no-brainer.
During a personal trip to Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu last November, Ghesquière, artistic director of women’s collections at Vuitton since 2013, was introduced to the works of Sun Yitian, a…