Virgil Was Here: Louis Vuitton hosts Virgil Abloh's final runway collection in Miami

The Spring/Summer 2022 collection was first unveiled in June 2021 in a phygital format. Highlighting the designer’s fluency in artistic disciplines (he was also a DJ, photographer, furniture designer, and more) Abloh found inspiration from Amen Break, a 1969 drum solo that has been sampled in hip hop music countless times. The collection thus ruminates on the “myth of ownership in contemporary creativity.” Similar to the soundtrack of the runway—which featured samples that spanned genres and cultures from Abloh’s friend and creative collaborator Kanye West, to jazz legend Miles Davis, to Brazilian pop—the clothes re-iterate and ideate. For fashion, that means expanding and exploring themes that are already echoing throughout modern menswear. Tailored suits give a taste of the traditional, tracksuits and a special Nike sneaker collaboration speak to streetwear culture, and dresses and skirts embrace gender fluidity. The repetition of these elements throughout the collection reflect Abloh’s ability to ceaselessly conceptualize through design.