The World of High Fashion menswear after Virgil Abloh (and his rocketing net worth)
Since Virgil Abloh's appointment as Creative Director of Louis Vuitton Menswear, his cultural cachet (and net worth) has skyrocketed and with his latest deal with Jacob & Co, he's about to re-invent the growing transactional nature of luxury
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2018 was the fashion industry?s year of musical chairs. We saw Hedi Slimane replace Phoebe Philo at Celine where he launched menswear, Christopher Bailey (who led Burberry during the nascent age of digital platforms) to be replaced Riccardo Tisci, and then, Kim Jones vacating Louis Vuitton to take Kris Van Assche?s position at Dior Homme; it was a move which left everyone wondering as to who would fill Jones’ rather big shoes. So when French fashion house Louis Vuitton named American designer Virgil Abloh as creative director for menswear. There was an uproar and it sent shockwaves through the fashion industry. A trained architect, Abloh, had no formal training in fashion, working at the lowest rungs of Chicago streetwear, before formally entering the world of international fashion with an internship at Fendi in 2009 alongside rapper Kanye West.
 ?My motivation is, in a part, a bit of angst that comes from feeling like I don?t belong; that our generation doesn?t belong,? – Virgil Abloh
The World of High Fashion menswear after Virgil Abloh (and his rocketing net worth)
West and Abloh would see an easy cr...
The post The World of High Fashion menswear after Virgil Abloh (and his rocketing net worth) appeared first on LUXUO.
2018 was the fashion industry?s year of musical chairs. We saw Hedi Slimane replace Phoebe Philo at Celine where he launched menswear, Christopher Bailey (who led Burberry during the nascent age of digital platforms) to be replaced Riccardo Tisci, and then, Kim Jones vacating Louis Vuitton to take Kris Van Assche?s position at Dior Homme; it was a move which left everyone wondering as to who would fill Jones’ rather big shoes. So when French fashion house Louis Vuitton named American designer Virgil Abloh as creative director for menswear. There was an uproar and it sent shockwaves through the fashion industry. A trained architect, Abloh, had no formal training in fashion, working at the lowest rungs of Chicago streetwear, before formally entering the world of international fashion with an internship at Fendi in 2009 alongside rapper Kanye West.
 ?My motivation is, in a part, a bit of angst that comes from feeling like I don?t belong; that our generation doesn?t belong,? – Virgil Abloh
The World of High Fashion menswear after Virgil Abloh (and his rocketing net worth)
West and Abloh would see an easy cr...
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