Here’s Everything you need to know about Virgil Abloh’s beautiful and blurry SS22 collection. This morning, Virgil Abloh announced on Instagram that he was at the seventh Louis Show skateboard premiere at Vuitton, noting that he “thinks differently.”
A few hours later, it was clear why. The designer’s SS22 collection comes together as a whimsical magpie rat from a tribe of different styles, cultures, and archetypes. Designed by editor-in-chief Dazed, IB Kamara’s models combine into layers of clashing plaid patterns, fitted hoods, lively snoods, and Kurt Cobain’s sunshine – which speaks of a broader shift from cohesive clothing to holistic looks, cheerful expression of personal style. Here’s Everything You’ve Missed.
This season, LV is delivering salon game sets to future editors and influential people. Damier’s house motif is imprinted through riddles, playing cards, and magic glasses (not to be confused with a beer set), perhaps connected with a blocking scam. Which desperate people turn legally to old-fashioned party games trying to keep the boredom at bay. . nothing is precisely what it seems.
This is really from the designer who sent the watch back. Keep this in mind. The puzzle is nearly impossible to solve, and Ablo has replaced the traditional characters on his deck with historical black figures. Nevertheless, it was a signal of what was to come. A collection that invites you to reflect – full of strategic alliances, tricks, and double bluffs.
THE COLLECTION IS PRESENTED IN A MOVIE, MAYBE
In the opening scene of this year’s film Amen Break, two samurai characters in disguised monastery skirts walk down an empty mountain corridor. Scratch the dry stone beneath their feet, a cold and ominous entrance to a festive collection filled with bold silhouettes and kaleidoscopic references. While it was a seemingly irreconcilable start, it soon became iconic for 17 minutes of sudden twists and turns and the controversy that followed.
IT’S A COLLECTION OF ITEM
As we follow the Vuitton ninja through the barren desert, across portals, and through rave forests, the audience is greeted by sparring-style tribes. However, this is not a collection of dichotomies as a statement that many seemingly contradictory truths can coexist in harmony simultaneously.
Whether club boy and businessman or skater and samurai, the Abloh collection maintains this distinction in its many hybrid creations. There are bespoke jackets inflated with tracksuit sleeves (the usual horse racing guns are replaced with plaid graphics), wide-shouldered coats with karate belts, and bottom sweaters that explode into stretchy furry skirts.