Virgil Abloh introduced his first ever collection as the artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear division today during Paris Fashion Week. As part of the fashion show, Kid Cudi walked the runway as Kanye's "I Thought About Killing You" played through the speakers.
'Ye and his wife Kim had front row seats to Virgil's Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer '19 show, as did Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner. Virgil and Kanye shared an emotional moment near the runway at the conclusion of the Spring/Summer '19 show, as both broke down in tears while they hugged each other.
Prior to the show, Louis Vuitton gave a behind-the-scene look at Abloh's first LV collection on via IGTV. In the clip, Abloh says (H/T Complex):
“The elephant in the room is that I come from a different place, into this, like, storied lineage of fashion. And what I wanna do is, I wanna be like in those Western movies where there be like one black cowboy. You’re like ‘I don’t understand where you came from.’ […] I kinda wanna deliver a message; be like, ‘Yeah, I come from this place.’ And this place has been usually labeled as streetwear.”
Check out some of the footage in the twitter and IG posts embedded below.
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