Louis Vuitton menswear channels digital age in Paris show
PARIS — (AP) — Singer Rosalía stunned guests at Louis Vuitton’s digital age-themed menswear show in Paris on Thursday with a surprise reveal in shades and hooded jacket atop a vintage 1980s yellow sedan. Here are some highlights of Thursday’s fall-winter 2023-24 displays:VUITTON GOES MILLENNIALThe Louis Vuitton men’s studio took control of the house’s creative helm after the death of Virgil Abloh in 2021. Yet Thursday’s set — a vintage childhood home recreated inside the Louvre’s oldest courtyard was a theme continuing Abloh’s coming-of-age styles that defined his Vuitton tenure from 2018-2021. The collection at times felt reliant on gimmicks, such as pixelated apples on an otherwise beautiful round-shouldered wool coat. But this was a show by Owens, a man who would never limit himself to one theme.
wftv.comSpirit of Virgil Abloh lives on at Louis Vuitton in Paris
PARIS — (AP) — He may have died last November, but Virgil Abloh lived on at Paris Fashion Week Thursday in a high-energy runway spectacular for Louis Vuitton menswear. THE ABLOH MARCHING BAND“Long live Virgil ... How many miles away?” went the live rap by Kendrick at the stiflingly hot Vuitton show. It was, instead, conceived by the Vuitton studio in his spirit. VUITTON’S STUDIO SHOWIt’s a remarkable feat for a studio to emulate a former designer’s styles — with originality. Like the long stone carvings on the ancient temple, silhouettes were elongated by layering garments to drop the midriff low.
wftv.comLouis Vuitton stages Virgil Abloh swansong in Paris
PARIS — (AP) — Louis Vuitton pulled out the stops Thursday to present the final collection of Virgil Abloh, the house's first African-American designer who died in November after a two-year battle with cancer. The stage of a bedroom, staircase, trampoline and smoking chimney on the central Paris runway conjured up nostalgic images evoking Abloh's childhood here. Similar themes defined his Louis Vuitton aesthetic since 2018. In a sign of Abloh's popularity, Louis Vuitton is presenting the show twice on Thursday. RESTRICTIONS AT PARIS FASHION WEEKParis Fashion Week celebrities, designers and editors face strict COVID-19 measures and are must provide proof of vaccination to enter shows.
wftv.comLouis Vuitton show pays tribute to designer Virgil Abloh
Art Basel Louis Vuitton Flowers are left in memory of Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton's first Black artistic director, at a church in Miami's Design District, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, in Miami. Abloh, a leading designer whose groundbreaking fusions of streetwear and high couture made him one of the most celebrated tastemakers in fashion and beyond, died of cancer. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) (Marta Lavandier)MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — (AP) — Louis Vuitton's first ever U.S. fashion show turned into a somber yet whimsical tribute to groundbreaking designer Virgil Abloh days after his death. The Miami menswear event, an unofficial kickoff to the prestigious Art Basel fair, had been in the works for months. “He showed me that I can.”Abloh in 2018 became the first Black man to serve as Louis Vuitton’s director of men’s wear in the French design house’s storied history.
wftv.comVirgil Abloh, acclaimed fashion designer, dead at 41
CHICAGO — Virgil Abloh, a prolific men’s designer who founded the Off-White label and became men’s artistic director for Louis Vuitton, died Sunday of cancer. “We are devastated to announce the passing of our beloved Virgil Abloh, a fiercely devoted father, husband, son, brother, and friend,” the post read. pic.twitter.com/CytwZLvSFu — LVMH (@LVMH) November 28, 2021Abloh was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, before studying engineering at the University of Wisconsin, the Chicago Tribune reported. I’m so so saddened and devastated to hear about the passing of our dear friend Virgil Abloh. In 2012, Abloh founded Off-White, and in 2018 he was named the men’s artistic director of Louis Vuitton, CNN reported.
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You tired of hearing me rail against this so called “fight” to snuff out so called critical race theory? Earlier this week a Missouri legislative committee held a hearing on how educators teach K-12 students about race and racism. No Black parents, teachers or scholars testified to the Joint Committee on Education during the invite-only critical race theory hearing.
news.yahoo.comHailey Baldwin Bieber shows off her stunning wedding gown
Hailey Bieber/Instagram(CNN) - Breathtaking. That's the word being used to describe Hailey Bieber ne Baldwin's formal wedding gown. Last week, the model married Justin Bieber a second time at a ceremony at luxury resort Montage Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton, South Carolina. Bieber confirmed last November that the pair had quietly wed after getting engaged in July and securing a wedding license in September. On Monday, Mrs. Bieber celebrated the one-week anniversary of their latest ceremony by sharing some photos of her wedding gown on her official Instagram account.