Louis Vuitton: Tinsel Trollops (Fashion Wire Daily)

Paris - Leave it to Marc Jacobs to inject the right dose of energy, sexual explicitness and edgy fashion that Paris fashion season desperately needed this season in his spring 2009 collection for Louis Vuitton.

Jacobs's intentions were made clear even before the first model hit the catwalk Sunday in the custom-built LV tent in the Louvre Museum's Cour Carree, when the voice of Edith Piaf cried out of huge speakers before a giant bamboo backdrop that recalled Pigalle music halls.

The results were all sorts of articles one never expected to see on a Vuitton catwalk - from mini knickers with LV logos to some slinky and saucy leotards.

Hair pulled up in spiky tarty plumes, eyes black rimmed, face pancaked in makeup, the models, whose limbs were covered in various African accoutrements, showed Leopard print bracelets, giant Maori style pendants and a sensational series of high heels.

And, in a season, which has trumpeted the return of the mini, Jacobs sent out a string of models in skirts that barely covered their underwear.

Jacobs called the look, "Petite Princesse Parisienne."

The genius of this collection was subverting the influence the better to make cool, contemporary clothes. From the nattiest of polka dot silk pants and cool shiny satin boleros, to green shag tops and flared burnished orange cocktails, this collection had so many great looks.