Virgil Abloh, the most famous designer, has made words as part of his Off-White design vocabulary from the beginning. So far they have not shown much in his work for Louis Vuitton, but this time he had something to say, though he did not do so with the irony speed of the token values that are his signature elsewhere. . Here in this pre-season collection, an intarsia sweater urges us to separate fashion from fiction, and a debossed leather jacket offers sage advice: Don’t let your everyday routine explain you.
Half a year ago when Abloh released his pre-spring lineup for Vuitton, he said the early months of loneliness had figured out a fashion place in the impending environmental crisis. The reality of changing places with bluster is a far-reaching effect of the disease all the more striking. Opposing irony, the quality of employment has never been seen so cool. Abloh said that this season ‘s statements also “come from quarantine and loneliness.” “Let’s find out if he’s influential enough to introduce his peers to his new way of thinking.
In fact, Louis and Vuitton are the most important words in what Abloh describes as this “formal” collection. His many experiments with branded logo include embossing and handling leather with the iconic LV monogram, and attaching bright yellow rubber accessories in the form of Ls and Vs to the bottom of bags – “making them extremely sustainable,” he explained. The most interesting thing is the work done by the studio around the color of salt and leather in Damier’s big check motor. Alboh first started trying out Damier’s check while collaborating with his friend, Japanese streetwear designer Nigo, earlier this year.
On the subject of his 2021 runway show scheduled for next month, Abloh said he would follow the new model he set up with his spring 2021 collection, which can now be seen in Miami at Vuitton’s store Design District, meaning he will appear in Paris and then go off the road. In his usual way, Abloh said, “We have a slogan in the studio: Don’t come to us, we’ll come to you.”