Virgil Abloh?s latest collaboration bestows Lucien Clarke with absolute creative freedom, marking "the first skater deal of this type".
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Two trailblazers in their own right, team up for the first time in history as Louis Vuitton signs a deal with monumental skateboarder, Lucien Clarke. While deemed the first of its kind, the deal represents more than sneakers, as paradigms in our daily lives continue to shift, most obviously in the type of rebellious, anti-establishment music, and fashion, the masses consume.
Virgil Abloh and Lucien Clarke Take Over Fashion, One Skateboard At a Time

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Lucien Clarke spent his formative years in New York before moving to London at the young age of 11 years old. Breaking glass ceilings at every turn, Lucien Clarke, alongside the likes of Brit Blondey McCoy and Tony Hawk, have redefined the hobby?s pinnacle of success ? melding fashion, image creation and skateboarding into one cohesive art form.
Perhaps some would say it is no surprise that Lucien Clarke and Virgil Abloh get along so well. With similar visions in mind, the two met whilst skating and Clarke has walked for Abloh?s Louis Vuitton show, not once, but thrice. Seeing beyond his lithe good looks and sense of style, it is said that Virgil has always appreciated Lucien?s talent, drive and genuineness, which are traits emblematic of his vision o...