Paris (AFP)
Printed graffiti and costumes worn with sandals and socks: true to its aesthetic, the American designer Virgil Abloh blended pop culture and luxury in a vitamin collection for Off-White in Paris on Wednesday.
The top Gigi Hadid, in white oversized jacket with brightly colored abstract prints, walked the white-eyed field planted under the glass roof of the Carreau du Temple in Paris with first-place British F1 driver Lewis Hamilton and the singer of Colombian reggaeton Maluma, who has just collaborated with Madonna.
On the outfits, the white is broken with abstract graffiti created by New York artist Lenny McGurr, aka Futura 2000. This is a new collaboration between Abloh and this 63-year-old graffiti pioneer. he had already invited in January to the parade dedicated to Michael Jackson for Louis Vuitton.
"In his day his work was seen as a form of vandalism, he was drawing on subway trains, but he was also part of the same scene as Basquiat and Keith Haring, at the time it was marginal, but today we can appreciate the beauty of the works of Basquiat and Futura, "said Virgil Abloh in a note sent to AFP.
American rapper Sheck Wes wore one of the outfits decorated with Futura graffiti. One of his sculptures, "Nosferatu" emerges in the scenery of the parade.
The red, the purple, the sky blue still bring freshness to the show that begins with the sounds of a steam train and ends with a song of birds.
A white jumpsuit is stamped with the logo of the plastic recycling dialoguing with four arrows, acronym of Off-White.
The collection is named "Plastic", a "metaphor", according to Virgil Abloh.
"Plastic is the material that has been made by man to be very useful in different circumstances and now it is transformed into a piece of art," says the designer adding that his parkas and raincoats "celebrate at the same time. times the counterculture and fashion sustainability ".
The red, the purple, the sky blue still bring freshness to the show that begins with the sounds of a steam train and ends with a song of birds.
Parkas and capes with huge pockets and integrated backpacks rub shoulders with suits with a soft line of light colors. Blue and white denim sets play with graphic prints or paint stains.
In addition to the iconic sneakers with anti-theft, loosened laces, there is a profusion of sports sandals with extra-wide soles worn with socks, a trend that is confirmed, also spotted the day before at the Japanese Fumito Ganryu and the Spanish Palomo Spain.
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