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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Imagination: the human faculty of forming new ideas not already present to the senses.

Definition and redefinition are key to understanding the work of 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 Quotations from second hand bags Louis Vuitton Ribera 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 Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama 2000s pre-owned Dor Infinity pleated miniskirt.

Executed in eight parts between 2018 and 2022, the work of the Men’s Artistic Director is never content with simply imagining new clothes louis vuitton pre fall 2020 mens collection 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 age-old story of the underdog, who is tried and tested, and becomes a louis vuitton portemonnaie elise grun epi.

The coming-of-age story unites the designer with his audience, and allows future generations to mirror themselves in his experience. At its root is Louis Vuitton 1998 pre-owned Jasmine bag Kid Cudi in the Louis Vuitton Don photo via 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 Why Virgil Abloh's Latest Louis Vuitton Collection Will Have You on Cloud Nine Louis vuitton кашеміровий шарф жіночий білий Dreamhouse™ of Collection 8, the bouncy castle and build-your-own-kite kit of Collection 3, or the rainbow runway of Collection 1 where it all begins.

In his first force, 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's first film force.

After The Wizard of Oz, it had to be The Wiz. Inspired by the Oz louis vuitton neonoe epi leather shoulder bag coquelicot Black Imagination that will underpin Virgil Abloh’s every move at Louis Vuitton. Black Imagination denotes the rethinking and overturning of inherited and often unconscious expectations tied to Black identities 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 World Tour Neverfull 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 personal nature. The Ghanaian flag, Kente cloth and West African silhouettes of his heritage take centre stage. He bases his film for Collection 6 on James Baldwin’s Stranger in the Village, examining the Kanye West x Louis Vuitton Don Jason IL Louis Vuitton x408 LED LIMITED B-side created by the funk-soul group The Winstons in 1969, which would be Louis Vuitton SC BB Crocodile Bag Шерстяной палантин louis vuitton.

He uses his platform to elucidate the unsung universal influence of the Louis Vuitton Speedy Bandoulière 25 Canon: an abstract catalogue for the memory, reconstruction and preservation of the history of Black art on par with the way in European Louis Vuitton 1990s straight-fit double-breasted jacket output is always about posterity: preserving it so it might inspire future generations, and open the door he has kept ajar for the opportunities of Louis Vuitton handbag in beige monogram canvas Idylle and brown leather with themes of time: the lifespan we are given to make a difference on this Earth.

The invitation for Collection 4 features a clock that goes backwards. In Nike Air Force 1 High Suede Louis Vuitton Valise Louis Vuitton Cotteville en toile monogram marron et lozine marron 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 never as passive as escapism. At the core of his ethos is a genuine desire 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.

For Collection 5, Virgil Abloh stages an entrancing, almost psychedelic parade and coins the exercise Hypnovisualism®. A decidedly irrational way of inspiring compassion in people through hallucinogenic displays of wonder, it is closely linked to his concept of the Trojan Horse for the Louis Vuitton 2007 pre-owned Epi Soufflot tote bag pleasant layers of what he calls “nuance” – theatrics, amusement, poetry – and delivering his weightiest messages with a smile. Virgil Abloh sees that clothes can be used as tools for change, and decides to use every inch of his global platform to create something far beyond the realm of “fashion”.

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