Imagine walking down a street in Shanghai et voilà, all of a sudden, there in front of you is a ship at anchor, with luggage stacked next to it.
This is the fabulous sight that awaits you on Wujiang Road in the elegant, upmarket Jing’An district.
LV has transformed a part of the HKRI Taikoo Hui shopping mall into this amazing pop-up, complete with an exhibition (free entrance) called “Visionary Journeys” which showcases both vintage LV trunks and bags, alongside current, edgier haute couture.
Having first seen the crowds outside the ship (called “The Louis” by the way) at the weekend, I decided to go visit it early one weekday morning, to get less crowded photos.
Like so:
We registered online to visit the exhibition – otherwise you can’t go “inside” the ship – and got the date and time we wanted.
Despite turning up on time, there was still a short wait in a very organised queue – complete with a dear lady taking selfies with us – but later the wait was explained. They only let people inside in small batches, so that you can see the fabulous things on display easily and without peering and pushing through crowds.
Makes complete sense.
There is luggage galore, from the classic to contemporary:
More my style (above) if I’m being honest…
There are some amazing pieces from the world of sports, like this case (below) specially made for the 2025 Chinese F1 trophy:
I freely admit to being a bit of an LV snob, preferring their old “classic” look, so some of the fashion was…well…judge for yourself:
And
There was a fascinating demonstration of how luggage is tested:
Well worth a visit, if you’re in Shanghai – both for the amazing LV objects on display, and also for great people watching…my heart went out to the dear, obliging middle-aged husband in the post-exhibition gift shop who dutifully took photos of his wife posing next to literally every item. She posed and twirled and oohed and aahed, and without saying a word he took dozens of photos.
As I said, the exhibition is free, but you do need to register online.
And obviously no-one there knew that I blog and write reviews.