What is streetwear?
The question arose when the late Virgil Abloh, appointed to Louis Vuitton in 2018, made this style come from the street (as its name suggests in English), inspired by different subcultures including hip- hop and sport, a major trend in luxury.
Two years later, Abloh prophesied the end of the sweatshirt and the almighty sneaker on the catwalks.
Well, if we are to believe the last Givenchy fashion show, they still have a bright future ahead of them.
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On the transparent podium raised by scaffolding, placed in the middle of the pit of the U Arena in Nanterre, a dozen women and men open the ball, dressed in layers of hoodies and T-shirts with faded logos and tagged with rock messages, put on thigh-high boots for them and cargo pants for them.
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I wanted to explore the 3D dimension of the t-shirt by cutting them out and stacking them to make a single piece
," explains Matthew Williams, the artistic director...
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