Kanye West hugged Virgil Abloh at the end of Abloh's first Louis Vuitton Men's show
Virgil Abloh recreated history after he was appointed the menswear artistic director of Louis Vuitton in March. He became African-American to hold the position at the French fashion house. He displayed his first collection for Louis Vuitton Men's in Paris and things got pretty emotional when longtime friend and collaborator Kanye West was there to support him in the front row.
Abloh took his final bow at the end of the show, he ran to hug Kanye. Both of them shared an emotional moment and began crying as they hugged on the runway.
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a beautiful moment between Virgil Abloh and Kanye West at his first Louis Vuitton show #LVMenSS19
— FTP FLAME (@FTPflame) June 21, 2018
Travis Scott, Kylie Jenner, Takashi Murakami and more supporting! pic.twitter.com/z25kk1DLnP
Both of them are from Chicago, and have been friends since the early 2000s and even interned at Fendi together in 2009. Following their internship, West appointed Abloh the creative director of his agency, DONDA.
Virgil runs into Ye’s arms at the close of his 1st show for #LouisVuitton
— Shelby Ivey Christie (@bronze_bombSHEL) June 21, 2018
What a moment! #LVMenSS19 pic.twitter.com/Nk5LSCS3Jg
The show was held in the garden of the Palais-Royal in Paris, West sat alongside wife Kim Kardashian West, sister-in-law Kylie Jenner, and rapper Travis Scott. Tracks from the rapper's newly-released album, Ye, were also played during the show.
Travis Scott, Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian & Kanye West at Virgil Abloh’s Louis Vuitton fashion show@virgilabloh @trvisXX @KylieJenner @KimKardashian @kanyewest #LVMenSS19 pic.twitter.com/W5Co0VPAIO
— FTP FLAME (@FTPflame) June 21, 2018
In a recent interview with Axel Vervoordt, West seemed conflicted about his feelings on Abloh's appointment at Louis Vuitton. “I had been dealing with a very heavy concept this week that I couldn't get out of my head," the rapper revealed. When pressed about what happened, he answered, "It's not bad or good, it's my creative collaborator being the head of Louis Vuitton."
First published: 22 June 2018, 11:20 IST