Louis Vuitton puts Virgil Abloh as its new Menswear Designer

Half that luxury **** people care about ain't nowhere near worth the pricepoint.
 
off white is popular right now, but it wasnt before the nike collab. he helped nike and nike helped him. theres no arguing that. im arguing before the collab, off white wasnt popping like that. im talking before celebs started wearing those off white x nike AJ1, no one cared about off white.

also, off white is not the top streetwear brand right now. Supreme is, and has been for a while.


No one cared about OW before the collab? What? What little *** bumble **** town do you lvie in? :lol


Luxury streetwear brand*** is what I meant.
 
Not true, most of Prada's stuff are roughly as expensive as LVs stuff and LV is more expensive than Gucci.
Are you looking in store? Let's take their handbags for example. Most of LV's handbags are what, 1200-2K? Same with Gucci. Prada are usually around 2-4K? My wife buys this stuff so that's how I know.
 
I work high end luxury bruhs.

Handbags? No one cares about Prada bags right now.

Chanel
Hermes
YSL
Celine
Goyard
Gucci
Fendi

Probably top brands.

Honorably mentions are Balenciaga and Delvaux.
 
Are you looking in store? Let's take their handbags for example. Most of LV's handbags are what, 1200-2K? Same with Gucci. Prada are usually around 2-4K? My wife buys this stuff so that's how I know.

Yes but you can also check online... Bags, Ready to Wear.... Prada is not 2-3x times more expensive than LV... (And Prada is wack tbh... but that just my opinion lol)

Prada bags (woman)
https://store.prada.com/en/pradaus/woman/woman-bags

LV bags (woman)
https://us.louisvuitton.com/eng-us/women/handbags/_/N-r4xtxc

We can do it with man as well...and here LV is more expensive.

Prada Bags
https://store.prada.com/en/pradaus/...ex:48&pageView:grid&pageSize:24&yScroll:3917&

LV Bags
https://us.louisvuitton.com/eng-us/men/bags/_/N-1nmtau6
 
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Man get out of here with that, Prada just got hot like a year ago. No one was looking for Prada then & buying $880 trackpants, $800 sneakers etc. Prada hasn't been this hot since the Cup sneakers way back & that's a fact. No way you can put them above LV, this dude dink just going off his preference / opinions.

Also Off White is a designer luxury brand hands down. I have a few Tshirts from them that are made in Italy with a designer fit but with streetwear graphics.
 
Yes but you can also check online... Bags, Ready to Wear.... Prada is not 2-3x times more expensive than LV... (And Prada is wack tbh... but that just my opinion lol)

Prada bags (women)
https://store.prada.com/en/pradaus/woman/woman-bags

LV bags (women)
https://us.louisvuitton.com/eng-us/women/handbags/_/N-r4xtxc

We can do it with man as well...
I looked online and noticed they liked to feature most of their higher-priced items first (I can understand why) which is why I mentioned in store cuz that's probably where most of their median products are and noticed most stuff online are more expensive than in store, though I also understand why.
 
Man get out of here with that, Prada just got hot like a year ago. No one was looking for Prada then & buying $880 trackpants, $800 sneakers etc. Prada hasn't been this hot since the Cup sneakers way back & that's a fact. No way you can put them above LV, this dude dink just going off his preference / opinions.

Also Off White is a designer luxury brand hands down. I have a few Tshirts from them that are made in Italy with a designer fit but with streetwear graphics.
Well yeah, the less people are able to obtain, the higher the tier they move, hence Hermes being S.
 
Just an afterthought

Is the youth uninspired?
Think their inspired by past, hence damn near every brand from the 90s is getting pushed or collabed with. Problem is alot of them cant keep the momentum and end up falling back out of relevance.

LV x Supreme may have been a watershed moment, that probably knocked down the last wall between streetwear and high end menswear, and its even funnier when you look into the history between both companies
 
I can count on one hand where I’ve seen nice looking high end stuff that isn’t copying a cheaper, better version
 
My dissertation...

this all goes back to PHARRELL breaking down that Wall in the late 90's at LV

Look at PHARRELL he got a mutha fcuking CHANEL collaboration with his COT DAMN name on it....

chanel don't collab with nobody either....
 
LVMH is publicly traded, do I think Virgil’s hiring helps the brand? From what I’ve seen YES between YouTube and fashion pubs he has major co-signs from people that are embedded in that lux fashion world. What top tier influencer doesn’t fw OW in the US?
 
My dissertation...

this all goes back to PHARRELL breaking down that Wall in the late 90's at LV

Look at PHARRELL he got a mutha fcuking CHANEL collaboration with his COT DAMN name on it....

chanel don't collab with nobody either....
Except Reebok for whatever reason. Pharrell had LV all over the In My Mind mixtape
 
2000's ^ he wasn't the first black model in an ad, but the first black designer i believe it was in accessories, don't remember if he did clothes with them
 
Charlamagne asked why this was such a big deal since Virgil has already had a lot of success with his own fashion lines.

"Why not make OFF White the next LV instead of going to work for LV?"

Not that I completely agree with him, but it is a good point. I think its important for more POC to establish and support our own brands instead of always worshipping these brands that didnt want anything to do with us up until a couple years ago.
 
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