Off-White kicks off Paris Fashion Week with a supermodel-strewn tribute to founder Virgil Abloh
msn.comRihanna cheering from the front row, came the dawn of Paris Fashion Week. The schedule began with the last of Virgil Abloh’s designs for his own brand Off White, and the beginning of a new chapter for the streetwear-cum-couture brand which lost its founder to a battle with cancer in November last year.
After Abloh’s posthumous Louis Vuitton mega-show during men’s fashion month in January, anticipation was already at fever pitch.
But as supermodel after super-celebrity made their way onto a runway dressed in the label’s unique high-low mix — tiered, pleat tulle skirts paired with university t-shirts and devil horned baseball caps matching black sequin minis — it quickly became clear the show was to be a historic tribute.
Catwalk stars of the Eighties and Nineties included Naomi Campbell in a floor length, black overcoat that read ‘Respectfully’ down the back, Amber Valetta wearing a spaghetti strap, ombré sequin gown with chunky chain necklaces, and a rare appearance from Helena Christensen sporting a neon hue tulle gown and oversized blazer.
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