Some runways this season are tilting away from the red carpet — and toward wall-to-wall carpeting, area rugs and bath mats.

These include Louis Vuitton, where Nicolas Ghesquière, a wiz at VIP dressing, turned his attention to homebodies for spring — and it looks inviting.

“In praise of intimacy, dressing for yourself first,” Ghesquière told a huddle of rapt reporters backstage. “It’s fun to dress up at home, too….The atmosphere I was wishing to share was the serenity you feel when you are in the comfort of your home.”

What a treat to see a designer synonymous with sci-fi futurism and architectural silhouettes apply himself to cozier fashion territory: coats with teddy-bear textures and bathrobe shapes; fuzzy knit sweaters and drop-crotch shorts, and dresses as simple as togas, or sw

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