Francesca Tag

It was a moment of Francesca Amfitheatrof unfiltered. Louis Vuitton’s artistic director for watches and jewelry made an appearance on the maison’s immersive exhibit, “200 Trunks, 200 Visionaries,” in Recent York on Thursday afternoon to debate her life’s work and her reinvigoration of Vuitton’s high jewelry collections. Held in what was formerly Barneys Recent York’s beauty department — where aesthetic plywood and graphic posters cleverly covered up what were perfume display shelves — Amfitheatrof said that her work centers on freedom and storytelling. “[High jewelry] is a really unusual world. It's a world where time and money don’t really matter. It’s a unprecedented world since it’s totally unrealistic. It’s separated from every thing else,” she told an audience of friends, fans and...