Louis Vuitton Men’s Pre-Fall 2021 Collection

Virgil Abloh, the most talkative of designers, has incorporated words into his Off-White design lexicon from the start. So far they haven’t featured much in his work for Louis Vuitton, but this time around he had something to say, although he didn’t do it with the ironic distancing of the quotes that are his signature. elsewhere. Here in this preseason collection, an intarsia sweater asks us to separate fashion from fiction, and an embossed leather jacket offers the wise advice: don’t let your daily work define you.

Six months ago, when Abloh released his pre-spring line for Vuitton, he said the first few months of isolation got him thinking about the role of fashion in the looming environmental crisis. The sincerity of swapping places with swagger is an altogether more surprising aftermath of a pandemic. Being the opposite of irony, the quality of seriousness has never been considered cool. Abloh said this season’s statements “also come from midlife and loneliness.” Let’s see if he has enough influence to bring his peers to his new way of thinking.

Of course, the most important words in what Abloh describes as this “formal casual” collection are Louis and Vuitton. His many experiences with the brand’s logo include embossing and embossing the leather with the iconic LV monogram, and applying bright yellow L- and V-shaped rubber treads to the bottoms of the bags – “making them super durable, ”he explained. Most interesting is the studio’s work around the fabric and salt-dyed leather in an oversized Damier check pattern. Alboh started experimenting with the Damier check while collaborating with his friend, Japanese streetwear designer Nigo, earlier this year.

Regarding his Fall 2021 show slated for next month, Abloh said he will follow the new model he created with his Spring 2021 collection, which is now on view in Miami at Vuitton’s Design District store, which means that he will debut in Paris. then go on the road. In his usual way with words, Abloh said, “We have a slogan in the studio: don’t come to us, we’ll come to you.