Fashion designer Virgil Abloh has made puffer jackets covered in Paris landmarks and well-known skyscrapers as part of the Louis Vuitton Fall-Winter menswear collection, which debuted in a Barcelona Pavilion-informed set.
The collection designed by Abloh, who has been men's artistic director at fashion house Louis Vuitton since 2018, was debuted yesterday as part of Paris Fashion week in a crowd-free performance due to coronavirus restrictions.
Virgil Abloh made Paris and skyscraper puffer jackets for Louis Vuitton
A film of the show features American rapper and actor Saul Williams walking through an abstract city made of green marble, where he interacts with models wearing items from the collection.
In one scene Williams enters a large room where two models stand on plinths dressed in puffer jackets covered in 3D models of buildings. New York City skyline puffer jacket is covered in skyscrapers
Reflecting the fact that the physical show took place in Paris where Abloh lives, one model was wearing a piece called the Paris skyline puffer jacket, which was adorned with models of the city's best-known buildings.
The jacket has the Notre-Dame cathedral on its front along with models of other historic buildings, including a red version of the Eiffel Tower, the Arch de Triumph and the Panthéon.
The look also included two modern buildings ? Chinese-American architect IM Pei's Le Grand Louvre pyramid and a section of the Centre Pompidou designed by Richard Rogers and Renzo Pi...