With just a week to go before the Fall/Winter fashion season hits the Paris runways, Louis Vuitton (LV) has brought in Brooklyn-based Colm Dillane, founder of KidSuper, to collaborate on menswear designs.
In the post-Virgil Abloh era, the luxury fashion house has set its sights on reintroducing collaborations on the runway. The announcement was made on January 10, 2023, after Louis Vuitton collaborated with Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama to create an avant-garde collection featuring versatile styles and hand-printed polka dots in classic LV designs.
Colm Dillane-Louis Vuitton collaboration: more details
Cooperation and fashion week
It should be noted that when Louis Vuitton brought in Dillane as his first guest designer to create images for the men’s room, he was not taking on the role of creative director.
The partnership comes as the brand debuts its Fall/Winter 2023 men’s collection in Paris on January 19. The show is created with Dylan’s “participation” and reflects his creative vision. The statement also reads, “In other words, Colm has entered the men’s studio.”
to speak Women’s clothing every day“It’s about chemistry,” says Michael Burke, chairman and CEO of Vuitton. And with that, he pointed not only to Dilan, but to a group of talented and creative minds to show the menswear vision. This includes filmmakers Olivier and Michel Gondry, known for their music videos for Daft Punk, Foo Filers and Jorke, stylist Ibrahim Kamara and filmmaker Lena Kutsovskaya, he said. New York Times. It has been hinted that a world famous music sensation will be attending the event.
Who is Colm Dillane?
Delaney, 31, started selling his designs on the streets of Soho in New York when he was a high school junior. In the year In 2010, he became a mathematics major at New York University and in 2018, he launched SuperKid.
A multimedia artist and entertainer, Colm wears several feathers in his cap. He played professional soccer in Brazil for a year and directed award-winning short films, music videos and sold-out solo art shows. He was rejected three times before being allowed to show his designs at Paris Fashion Week in 2019. Amazing real life experiences and stories fueled his thoughtful mind and reflected in his creations.
In 2021, he was awarded the Karl Lagerfeld Prize by LVMH. The following year, in 2022, Delaney became a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist and a CFDA nominee for American Designer of the Year.
A Vogue business Two days after the Louis Vuitton project, Colm Dillane will return to Paris Fashion Week with KidSuper and will “combine fashion and stand-up comedy,” according to the report. Does it sound interesting? Wait to see what happens.
KidSuper designs and collaborations
KidSuper has been instrumental in bringing bold graphic prints and out-of-the-box designs. What started as a casual business out of an NYU dorm room has now grown into brands like Jack Harlow, Gucci Mane and Mac Miller.
One of the label’s signatures is the ‘kiss’ style. The design looks like two people kissing and is a canvas for Delaney to showcase his graphic skills and imagination as he plays with contrasting colors and shades. It is used on puffer coats, trench coats, jackets and handbags and has been a significant part of all collections. ‘
Some of the more popular KidSuper brands include Puma, Suycoq and Tommy Hilfiger.
(Main and Feature Image Credit: KidSuper/Instagram)
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