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How Does a Brand Like Louis Vuitton Choose a New Designer?

Martine Rose, Grace Wales Bonner and Telfar Clemens are among the designers who have been considered by Vuitton-owner LVMH to succeed the late Virgil Abloh, according to sources. A final pick is expected within weeks.
Virgil Abloh at the finale of a show standing in front of the models and beside Gigi Hadid.
Louis Vuitton has spent nearly a year searching for a successor for Virgil Abloh, who died in November 2021. (Getty Images)

Louis Vuitton owner LVMH has spent nearly a year searching for a successor for Virgil Abloh,

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The Plan for Off-White After Virgil Abloh

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