Titled "Peculiar Contrast, Perfect Light", Louis Vuitton's Fall/Winter 2021 runway show was a travel-themed Winter Wonderland spectacle.  


Virgil Abloh staged his Fall/Winter 2021 Men&#39;s runway show for <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/fashion/aimee-cheng-bradshaw-mesmerises-in-louis-vuitton-s-resort-2021-collection-677d7c36-7778-4605-ba35-9a44d5d3e5ec">Louis Vuitton</a> in two scenes.

First, a wintery wonderland with a God-like voice narrating scenic views of a&nbsp;mountainscape.&nbsp;Abloh&#39;s protagonist for the season? A lone man (the singer/songwriter Saul Williams) with a&nbsp;silver trunk in search of purity.&nbsp;Suddenly, the location changes, and a troupe of models in perfect synchronicity ice-skate into a new set: a modernist scene at Tennis Club de Paris today in Paris.&nbsp;The juxtaposition of the two was apparently influenced by James Baldwin&rsquo;s essay Stranger in the Village from 1953, which parallels between the writer&#39;s experiences as an African-American man in a Swiss village and his life in America.&nbsp;

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Beside a plethora&nbsp;of leather-covered chairs by Mies van der Rohe&mdash;often a reference for the <a href="http://roduces-louis-vuitton-s-latest-men-s-pre-fall-2020-additions">Off-White founder</a>&mdash;and &#39;70s green marble walls, Williams opened the runway show in his frozen tundra outfit, a black overcoat decorated by plane-buttons and what appears to be a passport peeking out of his pocket. The rest of the collection that followed seemed to continue&nbsp;this desire for escape, likely the result of a year spent in confinement as well as a nod to the house&#39;s travel history.&nbsp;

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Throughout the collection more models showed up in sharp-fitted suits&nbsp;and smart, tech-made sportswear. Later, a pure forest green was introduced as a key-colour story, decorating &#39;70s-esque leather bags, chunky knits, and varsity-style jackets as well as bandanas and durags. Technicolour and monogram-coloured plaid and clear-coating made cameos, too. In addition to <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/men/see-all-the-pieces-from-the-second-wave-of-louis-vuitton-x-nigo-lv-collection">LV leather goods</a>, outfits were accessorised with objects of travel and tourism, from crunched-up coffee cups to half-read newspapers, while one spectacular jumper was dotted with landmark buildings from Paris and another from New York.

The show, most accurately described as a series of performances within a performance, concluded with a number by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/mos-def-yasiin-bey-retirement-apollo-rap-rick-owen">Yasiin Bey</a>,&nbsp;known previously as Mos Def.

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Check out the entire show below:&nbsp;

Models On Ice: A Look At Louis Vuitton's Theatrical Fall/Winter 2021 Men's Show

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Models On Ice: A Look At Louis Vuitton's Theatrical Fall/Winter 2021 Men's Show

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