The Wests made an appearance at the Louis Vuitton show in Miami.
On Tuesday, the unveiling of Virgil Abloh’s menswear in spring 2022 with French fashion space Kim Kardashian West, Kanye West and their eight-year-old daughter North West attended the show, each wearing black and matching sunglasses.
Kardashian West and West have made a few public appearances in combination over the next year since the former filed for divorce in February, raising “irreconcilable differences” and accepting joint custody of her 4 children, North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm West.
It’s also the former couple’s first appearance in combination since Kardashian West allegedly dated comedian and “Saturday Night Live” star Pete Davidson.
Louis Vuitton announced that the spring 2022 exhibition “will pay tribute to the life and legacy of an artistic genius. “Abloh, who is also the CEO of his own successful luxury brand, Off-White, died Sunday at the age of 41 after a long personal war with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer. Bloh’s last exhibition with Louis Vuitton will take place in January.
The guest list of many well-known friends of Abloh also included Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, Bella Hadid, Pharrell Williams, Tahar Rahim, Venus Williams, Joe Jonas, Ricky Martin, Jeremy Pope, 21 Savage, Joan Smalls and Jesse Williams, among others. Ivanka Trump even saw her heading to her seat.
On Monday, Kardashian West wrote a poignant tribute to Abloh on her Instagram account: “It’s hard to see why. I find it hard to perceive why so many natural souls were taken away so soon,” he wrote. “Virgil, you. ” I have been so kind, kind and calm. You took some time for everyone.
West is also a close friend of Abloh. The two met when the fashion designer was still at the beginning of his career.
He met West’s musical director, John Monopoly, and his cousin Don C, either of whom was looking for designers to paint with West in the future. Abloh said at the NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago in 2020 that he skipped the definitive thesis. presentations at the university to meet West an autograph signing. In 2007, West hired Abloh and they soon painted in combination in West’s first fashion project, Pastelle.
From there, she interned at Fendi with West in 2009 and then participated in Paris Fashion Week, a delight immortalized through Tommy Ton de Abloh’s street photography photographed with West, Don C, Taz Arnold, Fonzworth Bentley and Chris Julian. officially appointed Creative Director of West.
While West is the face of the convergence of haute couture, hip-hop and art, Abloh, the master, brings to life wonderful concepts and visions, such as the mountainous scene of West’s “Yeezus” excursion in 2013, especially in New York, through his collective Been Trill DJ with designers Heron Preston, Matthew Williams, Justin Saunders of JJJJound and footballer Florencia Galarza.
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