Louis Vuitton, With a Touch of the Southwest David Beckham stopped backstage before the Louis Vuitton show on Wednesday, and so did Marc Jacobs. Kim Jones, the men's designer, was busy looking over the models. "Can someone cut this thread?" he called out, and someone appeared with a pair of scissors to remove the tiniest thread on a suit jacket. When Mr. Jones said the starting point for his spring collection was America, I naturally said, "Where?" He said something about Las Vegas being a key market for Vuitton, and then quickly explained that he had also visited Houston, Austin, Marfa and Phoenix. He loved Austin. From his travels he absorbed some vitals, like weathered plaid shirts, bandanas, field jackets of the genre worn by geologists and Boy Scouts (with patches), windbreakers, turquoise jewelry and prom attire. To decorate lapel holes, he had someone craft delicate stems of wildflowers and wheat tops out of feathers. Wherever Mr. Jones goes, he never loses sight of Vuitton's sensibility. I adore a bandana print; Mr. Jones transformed them into shirts, including an oversize version that evoked a caftan, as well as scarves and ties. Those weathered plaid shirts? He created a slightly oversize shirt in super-fine, washed cotton. One of the red, white and blue plaid sports jackets was actually a jersey, making it travel-friendly. A dark blue silk print was inspired by the night sky at Joshua Tree National Park, he said. Some of the accessories included woven or perforated totes, silver ties or flower clips in the form of clothespins, sleek aluminum cases for laptops, and lace-ups in pewter-colored patchwork leather. What Mr. Jones managed to reserve from the distilled American elements was a casual attitude, a naturalness. Related: Louis Vuitton, spring 2014.