Michael Burke: "To succeed Virgil Abloh, you need someone of his caliber and that of Louis Vuitton, walking from the Jura to Paris"

LE FIGARO.

- What does this show symbolize, for you and for Louis Vuitton?

Michael Burke.

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We come full circle.

Between the first and the eighth parade, Virgil wrote a story that now has a beginning and an end.

But this end is also, in a way, a new beginning.

I think he would have liked that metaphor.

To be honest, we didn't talk about it, because he wasn't supposed to die that November night.

His treatment was going well, but a deficiency in his immune system, as part of his therapy, killed him.

We decided to maintain the parade which was scheduled two days later in Miami, but, of course, adapting it to these tragic circumstances.

By paying homage to him through the soundtrack and the messages written in the sky.

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