Louis Vuitton Debuts SS23 Collection With a Grand Tribute To Virgil Abloh & Harry Styles Designs Collection for Gucci Titled HA HA HA

1.Louis Vuitton Debuts SS23 Collection With a Grand Tribute To Virgil Abloh

Louis Vuitton SS23 was a “magnified playground,” one which explored plenty of now-signature house tropes and Virgil-isms alongside new takes on past designs. Such references were key to the understanding and development of the collection, seeing it unfold on a runway that started and ended with a marching band — much like a national hero’s funeral. But despite all of this, it wasn’t only about what Louis Vuitton had lost. It was also about what the Menswear Design team had gained, and can pass on to the future, under the watchful eye of the man that turned Louis Vuitton around

Box pleated skirts in gray marl tones harked back to earlier works by Abloh, as did the three-dimensional pockets that sat on top of a green and purple field jacket, it enhanced by the pocket’s size and texture. Rounding out the runway show was a concession of all the looks, with a handful of models carrying a rainbow flag. While not confirmed, this very well could be the final tribute to Abloh as he debuted his first collection for Louis Vuitton in 2019 with a rainbow runway.

The Paris Fashion Week runway show combined Abloh tropes with house signatures, reinterpreted classics and saw Kendrick Lamar perform live alongside the Marching 100 band to pay tribute to the fallen fashion legend.

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2.Harry Styles designs collection for Gucci titled HA HA HA

We’ve seen a lot of celebs dabble in fashion design recently but there’s one collaboration, in particular, that has us extra excited because it just makes so much sense.

Harry Styles designed a collection with Gucci that just debuted at a vintage store in Milan. We’ve already started to save up for when the limited-edition fashions drop stateside. The 25-piece collection is entitled Gucci “HA HA HA,” based on the first initials of Harry’s and Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele’s names. The Gucci “HA HA HA” collection is also apparently a nod to the laughing-face emoji that Harry and Alessandro use to end their text messages to each other.

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