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Floc’h Edinburgh on the shelf with
Louis Vuitton’s current collections

A FRENCH VIEW

OF EDINBURGH

Floc’h and Celeste Arnold
Louis Vuitton’s store in the capital celebrated the latest
title in the brand’s luxe line of travel books
Photography Chris Watt

LOUIS VUITTON HAS ADDED TO ITS EVER-GROWING
travel book series with a beautifully illustrated look at Scotland’s capital
by the French artist Jean-Claude Floc’h, whose distinctive ligne claire The book is on sale at
style is reminiscent of greats such as Hergé and Edgar P. Jacobs. the Edinburgh store
The title was launched in the fashion house’s Edinburgh store on
Multrees Walk, where special guests, industry insiders and the Balmoral
team, who looked after the illustrator while he spent time researching
and capturing Edinburgh, welcomed Floc’h and the new publication.
The artist himself signed copies and treated guests to a witty speech,
quipping that “Tartan and tweed are my favourite things about Scotland”.
While flipping through the colourful pages and poring over Floc’h’s
drawings of Edinburgh’s most famous spots, from the castle grounds to
the Grassmarket (the book also, incidentally, features plenty of sartorial
references to tartan and tweed), and mentally shopping for the totes on
display (and plotting where to take them), guests were served Ruinart Director of the Institut
Français d’Ecosse in
champagne and courgette muffins, prepared by Barry Bryson. Edinburgh, Vincent
Guerin, and Denzel
The book is on sale in the store and online, and joins another new
Skinner, chair of
title, The Arctic, as the latest in the series. Essential Edinburgh

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