Kardashian and Roach have been on a formidable archival streak throughout the All’s Fair press tour, resurrecting everything from ’90s Paco Rabanne couture to vintage Dolce & Gabbana and Jean Paul Gaultier-era Hermès. The Louis Vuitton nurse look is their most playful fashion deep dive yet.
And for Pyes, it’s precisely that irreverence that makes the Jacobs years so compelling. She points to the extraordinary creative team behind the collection, including Peter Copping, then head of womenswear and now creative director of Lanvin, and Camille Miceli, currently at the helm of Pucci. “This collection and these pieces are so special because they highlight what Marc and his team did so well—seamlessly integrating fashion and art into a cohesive and powerful narrative,” she says. She remembers the supermodel casting, the nurse uniforms, and even Jacobs taking his final bow beside a custom Vuitton trunk playing an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. “There are so many elements that were unexpected and genuine in a pre-social media age.”
Pyes, of course, has continued to do some killer sourcing. She’s recently completed a “trifecta of accessories” from the Louis Vuitton fall 2011 collection, better known as the “Fetish Collection.” This includes a shearling porter hat, mask hair accessory, and a patent leather bib. On the non-vintage side of things? “I am champing at the bit to receive the custom order I put in from Marc’s Spring 2027 collection,” she shares. “After more than 40 years, he continues to create incredible fashion and I feel fortunate to be adding this ensemble to the Marchive!”
Whether Kim’s look was a Halloween latergram, another cheeky press tour outing, or just a moment of play inside an impressive archive, for now, is anyone’s guess. Whatever the occasion, Pyes is delighted to see the collection enjoying a new life in the public imagination. Nearly two decades after its debut, Jacobs’s peculiar, provocative vision remains as potent as ever. “These clothes are not just beautiful and special,” she says, “but also consequential. This collection walked almost 20 years ago and yet continues to figure so largely in pop culture and the imagination of fashion lovers.” Nurse Kardashia, the defibrillator please!
