AT the Paris opening earlier this month of “Louis Vuitton Marc Jacobs,” the exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs contrasting the Vuitton founder with its artistic director since 1997, a 6-foot-4 bearded fellow was explaining a tableau. It was a group of mannequins, one suspended from the ceiling on wires, with electric blue resin balloons for heads.
An example of his Mr. Santiago's work for the “Louis Vuitton Marc Jacobs” show now in Paris.
“I wanted to make balloons elegant and into women,” Desi Santiago said. “So I made the nipple into a bun. I’ve used balloons a lot in my work.”
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