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Louis Vuitton will perform in honor of stylist Virgil Abloh, who died on Sunday

Louis Vuitton will showcase the latest collection designed by Virgil Abloh on a catwalk in the US city of Miami on Tuesday, turning the planned event into a tribute to the designer who died suddenly on Sunday.

“Lovingly remembering Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton pays tribute to the life and legacy of a creative genius with a presentation of its Spring-Summer 2022 collection,” announced LVMH-owned brand Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH.PA) in an Instagram post with a video preview that shows a girl setting off on a bicycle trip that ends on a palm-lined beach.

Abloh, 41, died on Sunday. He had a rare form of cancer, which stunned the fashion industry, including those who worked with him.

“On Saturday night @virgilabloh and I wrote our last words for their @louisvuitton show in Miami,” said Anders Christian Madsen, fashion critic for British Vogue magazine.

Abloh, the son of Ghanaian immigrants born in the United States, studied architecture before becoming the most prominent black designer in the fashion world, symbolizing the arrival of street fashion in the realm of luxury as he took over the creation direction of men’s pieces. of Louis Vuitton in 2018.

“Everything I do is for the 17-year-old version of myself,” he said frequently, as quoted and as repeated in an Instagram post that announced his passing on his account.

Reference: CNN Brasil

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