Late Louis Vuitton designer’s ‘emotional’ last show hits Paris
Louis Vuitton presented the final collection by path-breaking designer Virgil Abloh at Paris Fashion Week on Thursday, following his death last year at the age of 41 that shocked the industry. A close associate of Kanye West, Abloh was the first black American to be named creative director of a top French fashion house and brought streetwear such as hoodies and sneakers to the catwalk. The multitalented DJ, architect and designer died in November following a private battle with cancer. The late Virgil Abloh Dior designer Kim Jones paid tribute to the man who replaced him at the helm of Louis Vuitton back in 2018. “It’s going to be very emotional,” Jones told AFP in his Paris studio ahead of the show. “(Virgil and I) travelled the world together. I feel very lucky to have known him. It’s such a waste to think what he would have done. “He planned everything so perfectly up to the last minute. You have to commend him, he was so brave in it.” Louis Vuitton presented the show twice on Thursday to accommodate the socially-distanced crowds. The collection was 95 per cent ready at the time of Abloh’s death, the brand’s CEO Michael Burke told industry magazine WWD. That has...