Las protests against the Louis Vuitton fashion show, which will take place this Thursday at Park Güell in Barcelona as part of the Copa América sailing event, are growing this Wednesday. Neighbors and families of students from the Baldiri Reixac, Turó del Cargol, and Reina Elisenda schools gathered this afternoon at the park’s gates to express their rejection of the event for privatizing a public space. ”Park Güell will always be ours” and ”out with Louis Vuitton” are some of the chants that have been heard during the demonstration. Under the slogan ’Our rights and parks are not for sale’, the organizers have urged participants to bring instruments and other tools to make it a ”festive and noisy gathering”. Dozens of people have come with drums, whistles, tambourines, and pots to make their opposition felt. ”We will make as much noise as possible,” said David Mar, a member of the Consell Veïnal del Turó de la Rovira, to 20minutos.es. ”Reinforces the idea of a tourist and luxury Barcelona” ”We are against the City Council allowing a luxury event to be held in a park that is a symbol of the city,” explained Lucia Calvo, a neighbor of the Salut neighborhood and mother of a student at the Baldiri Reixac school, during the protest. ”This reinforces the idea of a tourist and luxury Barcelona,” she lamented. The protests against the fashion show began on Tuesday afternoon with an informative talk at the Baldiri School. In addition, a dozen people blocked the doors of the store located on Passeig de Gràcia with banners with messages like ”Your luxury, our misery”. For this Thursday, the same day as the fashion show, a large demonstration will be held starting at 7:00 p.m. on Rambla Mercedes, one hour before the event, with the slogan ”Neighborhoods are not a catwalk for your fashion show”. The luxury brand event to present its Cruise 2025 collection has forced the park to be closed to visitors this Wednesday and Thursday. In fact, tourists who have come during the day to visit the site have found restricted access and no possibility of buying tickets to see one of the most emblematic spaces in the Catalan capital. ”They asked me for my ID to pick up my son” Apart from the restrictions in the area on the day of the event, there are also significant mobility disruptions in the surroundings. Although the City Council assured that neighbors and families of the schools would have guaranteed access, Calvo has encountered obstacles to enter the site. ”It is difficult to enter normally,” Calvo lamented, explaining that the Mossos d’Esquadra asked her for ID to pick up her son from extracurricular activities. Mobility restrictions This Wednesday, the park will remain closed from 5:00 p.m., and only neighbors will be allowed to cross the northern part. For this Thursday, pedestrian access will be closed from 2:00 p.m. As for parking, it will be restricted all day on Thursday on Olot, Larrard, Mercedes, Marianao, and Santuari Sant Josep de la Muntanya avenues. Pedestrian access will not be allowed from 5:00 p.m., and cars will not be able to enter from 2:00 p.m., except for residents. Families of students at the Baldiri Reixac school, located within the park, will have normal access on both days. The only impact on the school community will be that school activities will have to end at 6:00 p.m. on the day of the fashion show. After that time, only exit will be allowed, not entry. They destroyed some stairs during setup The neighbors’ indignation increased after part of the emblematic stairs of the Natura square in the park was damaged last week during setup. The City Council attributed it to a ”human error”. However, Mar blamed the council for this damage: ”The City Council is ultimately responsible, and I would venture to say that Jaume Collboni is to blame.” Likewise, the neighborhood platform accuses the council of privatizing the space and twisting the park’s regulations, which only allow events with a ”scientific” or ”heritage dissemination” purpose. This is how the fashion show will be The French ’maison’ will present its ’Cruise 2025’ collection at Park Güell, which will not be available for purchase until November, according to sources from the brand. The fashion show will start at 8:00 p.m., and the Sala Hispòstila will be the main stage. There will also be a pre-cocktail and a post-party. The guest list is one of the best-kept secrets with just a few hours left until the event, but sources from the agency have revealed that the show will not be missed by the LVHM group’s advisor, Bernard Arnault, the world’s richest man according to Forbes. And in the front row, you can expect the presence of ”the usual friends of the house”, mainly Hollywood actresses, from Jennifer Connelly to Emma Stone or Anna de Armas, among others. The last Cruise show in Isola Bella (Italy) was also attended by personalities such as Oprah Winfrey, Chiara Ferragni, or Pharell Williams. The brand will manage buses for attendees from the city’s luxury hotels to avoid congesting access with hundreds of cars. Only Nicholas Ghesquière, the designer, knows what will be seen on the catwalk this Thursday, although it is understood that it will follow his pret-a-porter style of street essence but sophisticated, with bright colors, and shiny, textures, and feminine shapes. These have been his last years at the luxury leather goods house where he started designing after his time at another classic, Balenciaga.