The presence of manga in the audiovisual construction of fashion
The case of the fashion films for Louis Vuitton
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https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2026-2185Keywords:
fashion film, manga, fashion, Louis Vuitton, Japan, advertising, new media, animationAbstract
Introduction: Fashion films are short films that fuse fashion design and new audiovisual technologies to legitimize brand positioning and its identity to the consumer. Objectives: Trace which graphic-narrative stories are present and what are the different allusion strategies used focused on fashion films that take the Japanese cartoon as a reference to examine its social impact. Methodology: Through qualitative analysis, fashion films for Louis Vuiton that use manga have been selected. Narrative and visual mechanisms used in these films are analyzed in order to verify the influence that manga has had during the filmmaking process and how it affects the final aesthetics of the short film. Results: Most of the fashion films reveal an explicit influence of works, passages and authors coming from manga, and the predominance of animation. The presence of artists and audiovisual directors who have previously flirted with cartoons and anime plays a role. Discussion: In this way, a complex web of referents is created that pluralises the reading of advertising. Conclusions: The incorporation of manga in fashion films for Louis Vuitton has altered the traditional classic visual representations. The popular predominates to the detriment of elitist representation since a new type of fashion consumption and a more universal cultural identity is proposed.
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