Kanye West replaces Virgil Abloh as Creative Director of Louis Vuitton (Report)

Kanye West and Virgil Abloh

Kanye West Is Reportedly To Replace Virgil Abloh As Creative Director Of Louis Vuitton

Kanye West possibly his biggest fashion – even bigger than Yeezy.

Fashion tycoon Kanye West rumored to be filling up late By Virgil Abloh designer shoes after his untimely death. Virgil Abloh is the art director of menswear at Louis Vuittonand a source said that Kanye West is the next position for this role. Belong to By Kanye new chapter, the source said:

“Kanye is heartbroken over Virgil’s death as they have been friends for many years and worked together a lot. They share a common vision and now Kanye feels he owes Virgil to continue his work at Louis Vuitton. ”

Kanye and By Virgil Abloh The friendship started in 2009 when rapper “Paranoid” was a trainee at Fendi. Virgil was also a Fendi intern, and both enrolled in the same class.

From that, Kanye entrust Virgil with projects for his creative agency Donda. He will act as the creative director for Kanye and Jay-Z’s Album 2011 See the throne.

Kanye partnered with Nike and thanks to his friend Virgil–Louis Vuitton. Before entering the fashion industry with Yeezy, Kanye had plans for a clothing line in 2006. The line, dubbed “Pastelle Clothing,” was announced in 2005 and is expected to launch next spring. even though Kanye spent years developing the line, it was scrapped in 2009.

Virgil Abloh used to By Louis Vuitton Art director since 2018.

On November 28, he died of a rare form of cancer after a 2-year battle. He was 40 years old.

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