With his debut collection We are the World, Virgil Abloh (artistic director of the Louis Vuitton men's line since 2018 ) transmits a clear message: fashion is for everyone. The classic pied-de-poule pattern of this suit repeats the shape of the African continent. Virgil Abloh, 'Every American kid draws the world map with Europe pontifically in the middle. Here we look from the other direction.' [text 2023]
Title
Ensemble Afrika pied-de-poule blouson, jas, en broek, F/W 2019-20
Artist
Louis Vuitton by Virgil Abloh
Louis Vuitton (modehuis)
Virgil Abloh (ontwerper) (Rockford, VS 1980 - 2021 Chicago)
Dating
2019
Material and technique
Object number
35544/001-003
Object type
Acquisition
schenking 2021
Dimensions
lengte middenachter (001 Jas) 108 cm
taillewijdte (001 Jas) 114 cm
mouwlengte (001 Jas) 71 cm
lengte middenachter (002 Blouson) 58 cm
bovenwijdte (002 Blouson) 112 cm
taillewijdte (002 Blouson) 106 cm
taillewijdte (003 Pantalon) 86 cm
zijlengte (003 Pantalon) 114 cm
Inscriptions and markings
- merk voering jas linker voorpand: Louis Vuitton, Paris
Documentation
- Voices of Fashion : Black Couture, Beauty & Styles, Voorw. door Bart Rutten, bijdragen Ninke Bloemberg, Janice Deul, Anne-Karlijn van Kesteren (Utrecht, 2021), p. 46-47, met afb. in kleur.
Exhibitions
- Collectie Centraal, Centraal Museum
- Voices of Fashion, Centraal Museum
Persistent url
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