Gabatar da Virgil Abloh's Louis Vuitton a cikin Makon Kaya na Paris. Virgil Abloh ya girmama Michael Jackson, tare da wani saiti wanda ya mayar da martani ga bidiyon mawaƙin na "Billie Jean."
Alamar ta kasance a cikin gayyatar - guda ɗaya, farin safar hannu mai rhinestone - ko da yake na kusa da Virgil Abloh sun rigaya sun san cewa faɗuwar sa na maza na Louis Vuitton ya kasance game da Michael Jackson, batun nuni na yanzu a Grand Palais a Paris. .
Guru mai suturar titi, wanda lakabinsa na Off-White ya zama mafi zafi a duniya a yanzu, ya ɗaga murfin kan jigon a wata tattaunawa da ya yi da mujallar Interview a watan Disamba, wanda ya haɓaka al'adar sirri da aka daɗe a tsakanin gidajen alfarma a cikin gudu. -har zuwa nunin titin jirginsu.
Baƙi sun shiga cikin wani tanti mai duhu a cikin lambun Tuileries, inda alamar ta sake yin wani kusurwar titin Manhattan da dare, wanda ke tunawa da saitin bidiyon "Billie Jean" na Jackson - cikakke tare da duwatsu masu haske. Baƙi, da suka haɗa da rap ɗin Offset, Gunna, Kid Cudi da Skepta, sun taru a tsaye.
Saitin kwalta ya bayyana palette mai launi na tarin, wanda shine teku na launin toka da tan, tare da m pop na purple da ja - watakila launi mafi dangantaka da Sarkin Pop.
Daga cikin sabbin shawarwarin tela na Abloh sun hada da riguna biyu - gajeriyar jaket tare da ƙwanƙwasa ƙwanƙwasa wanda aka sawa a ƙarƙashin doguwar riga mara hannu - da jaket ɗin Zoot Suit tare da maɓallan ɓoye. Sha'awar Jackson ga kayan aikin soja an sanya shi cikin riguna masu ɗorewa da faci masu siffa a kan rigar raƙumi da riga.
Tufafin waje, a gefe guda, ya kasance tsantsar swagger na hip-hop. Zaɓuɓɓuka sun haɗa da gashin gashi mai sheki mai launin toka mai launin toka tare da abin aski monogram; Dogayen riguna biyu a cikin fata nubuck mai foda, da ƙumburi baƙar fata Monogram-padded rigunan rigar rago mai madaidaicin jakar Keepall.
Akwai hanyar haɗi na gani zuwa nunin halarta na farko na Abloh don Vuitton a watan Yunin da ya gabata, ta hanyar bugu mai sauƙi wanda ke nuna haruffa a cikin "The Wiz" - 1978 na sake yin "The Wizard of Oz" tare da Jackson a matsayin Scarecrow. Wasu filaye guda uku na sequin da aka lulluɓe sun yi sallama ga mawaƙinn kayan wasan kwaikwayo masu ban sha'awa, yayin da rigar rigar da aka buga da hoton ƙafafun sa sanye da farar safa ta nuna girmamawa ga gwanin rawa.
Lalle ne, loafers sune takalma na zabi a cikin wannan wasan kwaikwayon, suna rufe sneakers wanda Abloh ya shahara. Sun zo cikin nau'ikan flannel na fata da launin toka, wanda aka yi masa ado da sarkar hanyar haɗin gwiwa da yake kafawa a matsayin sabon sa hannun Vuitton. "A gare ni, za su iya zama chic kuma sababbi, kamar fararen Stan Smiths," in ji Abloh yayin samfoti.
Bayan gunkin salon, yana da sha'awar al'amuran jin kai na aikin Jackson, musamman "saƙon duniya, haɗa kai da ƙauna" da aka isar da su ta hanyar ayyuka kamar su "Mu Duniya" sadaka guda ɗaya. A cikin wannan ruhi, kayan fata sun zo a cikin facin tutoci da ke wakiltar ƙasashen ƙungiyar ƙungiyarsa.
An yi aiki da tsarin tuta na Amurka a cikin tonal motifs akan share siket masu lullube da rana, yana ba da shawarar yadda haɗa kai zai iya kaiwa ga ma'anar jinsi.
Tabbas, Abloh ya buɗe sararin alatu don masu sauraro daban-daban kamar babu wani mai zane a gabansa. A cikin ƙwaƙƙwaran tushen kayan sawa na titi, ya sa mai zanen rubutu Futura ya fesa saitin yayin wasan kwaikwayon, wanda kuma ya nuna mawakan rap irin su Octavian da Sheck Wes akan titin jirgin sama, da kuma sautin sauti na Dev Hynes.
"Copier c'est voler" ("Kwafi sata ne") karanta tambarin a bango ɗaya - saƙon da babu shakka an yi magana da shi ga waɗanda suka zargi Abloh da yin kwafin wasu ra'ayoyin masu ƙira kawai. An ɓoye wani a cikin bayanan nunin ƙarƙashin taken "Irony," wanda ya bayyana a matsayin: "Kasuwar Virgil Abloh a Louis Vuitton."
Abloh yana sane da cewa matasa mabiyansa ba za su iya samun kayan da ya kera na Vuitton ba. Abin da yake bayarwa, maimakon haka, misali ne da za mu bi.
“Yana da mahimmanci a kasance masu kirkira. Instagram kyauta ne. Na fi son zama na a gida ya buɗe fitilar. Ba batun mallakar abu ba ne. A gare ni, ni ma ba zan iya ba - na yi buri. Wannan shine abin da ya sa ni da'awar aiki. Shi ya sa ba na barci - saboda ina son abubuwa kuma ina yi masa aiki, "in ji shi.
Idan alƙawarin Abloh ya ɗaga gira da farko, yana ƙara kama da LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton ya yi zaɓi mai kyau: Nunin sa na biyu ya kasance mai ban sha'awa.
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