Louis Vuitton's Silent Sneaker Assassin

Putting you on to Matthias Patillon.

When the first images of Virgil Abloh’s inaugural LV Trainer first surfaced in 2018, there was another name that was mentioned in blog posts and IG reposts. The high-top trainers with a velcro strap (and its low-top counterparts) were instantly compared to models like the Avia 880 with notes from the Nike Air Flight ‘89, and some of the earliest leaks c…