Louis Vuitton Men’s collection
by Virgil Abloh Fall-Winter 2022

‘An octology according to Virgil Abloh.’ Collection 8: In the grand scheme of things. Paris, January 2022.

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louis vuitton x nba pocket organizer antartica Virgil Abloh at Louis Vuitton. Supported by his seasonal Vocabulary – “a liberal definition of terms and explanation of ideas” – his eight-collection arc is founded in the desire to change our ways of seeing. Using fashion as a tool, his premise lies in decoding the biases associated with the components of human appearance. He wants to the Louis Vuitton x present ourselves. One of Virgil Abloh’s most used terms, imagination is what fuels this dream. It’s what drove him to Louis Vuitton and what defines his legacy at the Maison.

Executed in eight parts between 2018 and 2022, the work of the Men’s Artistic Director is never content with simply imagining new clothes and accessories. He seeks to evolve the human val - ues with which we imbue our dress codes, and test how they – as social, political and cultural signifiers – can be used to im - plement change beyond fashion. Driven by that imagination, the 𝓛𝓸𝓾𝓲𝓼 Dreamhouse™ conceived by Virgil Abloh for Fall-Winter 2022 (Collection 8) serves to condate the themes and messages of the arc he created at Louis Vuitton. It’s an octology that plays out in the tradition of the Hero’s Journey: the Borsa a tracolla Louis Vuitton Messenger in tela a scacchi ebana e pelle marrone Louis Vuitton Bumbag.

The coming-of-age story unites the designer with his audience, and allows Двохстороннній шарф палантин в стилі Louis Vuitton virgil abloh collection capsule louis vuitton orange Pochette-ceinture avec deux gourdes Louis Vuitton Editions Limitées en toile grise outlook of a child, who is yet to be affected by the preconceived ideas of society. He wants to reset our preordained perceptions and start from scratch where clothes are clothes and humans are humans. To cement this Louis Vuitton s spring 2020 show Louis Vuitton Brillenetui Monogram Canvas M62962 of Collection 3, or the rainbow runway of Collection 1 where it all begins.

In his first campaign, for Collection 1, he reimagines Gustave Courbet’s The Painter’s Studio from 1855 in photographic form. The original work depicts Courbet working on a painting surrounded to his left by people from all levels of French society, and to his right by members of high society. Virgil Abloh’s contemporary perspective pictures himself fitting a look from the collection surrounded by members of his team, social circle, and models, each clad in the collection. Where Courbet’s painting interprets ‘real world’ society for the eyes of the cultural elite, Virgil Abloh portrays the all-encompassing exchange that defines his vision for Louis Vuitton: diversity, inclusivity, and unity. He revisits the painting Louis Vuitton pre-owned Alma BB Bandouliere bag.

After The Wizard of Oz, it had to be The Wiz. Inspired by the Oz vintage louis vuitton noe large green epi leather shoulder bag Black Imagination that will underpin Virgil Abloh’s every move at Louis Marron Louis Vuitton Sacs à main louis vuitton polochon in monogram canvas and natural leather through history. It wants to create an encouraging Black consciousness for the present and the future. Merging this premise with his Boyhood Ideology®, Virgil Abloh creates a colourful crew of puppets for Collection 5 LOUIS VUITTON Grenade V Monogram Canvas Accessories Pochette Bag Brown his first Louis Vuitton show.

The puppets look like toys, but they are inspired by the West African wooden sculptures he grew up with as the son of Ghanaian immigrants. Throughout Collections 5, 6 and 7, his work begins to express a more Louis Vuitton 2018 pre-owned Épi Fifa World Cup pochett Jour GM clutch silhouettes of his heritage take centre stage. He bases his film for Collection 6 on James Baldwin’s Stranger in the Village, examining the experience of being a Black artist in the birthplace of European art. He Louis Vuitton Cerise Monogram Mini Lin Small Ring Agenda B-side created by the funk-soul group The Winstons in 1969, which would be Louis Vuitton 2001 pre-owned monogram Porte Documents Voyage handbag into thousands of the pop tracks most familiar to us today.

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Louis Vuitton 2008 pre-owned Phoenix belt the middle of the surrealist cloud-adorned show set stands a tree fitted with a ladder that reaches into Heaven. The motif is echoed in Collection 8, in sky blue bags embellished with climbing holds, in the Grim Reaper cartoons he scatters on garments, and the kite-like structures that turn into human-sized angel wings. Like his beloved cityscapes by Giorgio de Chirico, Virgil Abloh imagines a life where we can slow down the clock, turn back time, or even make it come to a stop.

To Virgil Abloh, limitations are manmade. He imagines what Heaven on Earth might look like (Collection 4), interprets flowers as symbols of human diversity (Collections 3; 8), and finds civility in Parisian romanticism (Collections 2; 3; 8). He is passionate about surrealism, but his work is Louis Vuitton Metis handbag in brown monogram canvas and black leather to confront the issues of the world, and he approaches that dream with fervent pragmatism. When rational solutions don’t seem to make the world a better place, he gives the opposite a shot.

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