• 360 pages
• 350 illustrations
• In English language
• Released in September 2022
• L 39.6 x W 47.4 x D 7.8 cm
• Silk box with foil stamping with personalized cardboard packaging
• ISBN: 9781649801517
• 8.2 kg

About the Author

Anders Christian Madsen is a fashion writer who contributes to international fashion publications and has been a fashion critic for British Vogue since 2017. He works as a consultant to major fashion houses and sits on committees dedicated to emerging talent. Raised in Denmark, he graduated from the London College of Fashion in 2009 and began his career as Fashion Features Director at iD Magazine. Madsen was a close collaborator of Virgil Abloh throughout his tenure as men's artistic director at Louis Vuitton from 2018 to 2021.

Assouline and Louis Vuitton are releasing the title with two collectible covers in the Assouline Classics collection. A clip from the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2022 show in Miami, featuring an image of a young child leaping toward a striking red Louis Vuitton hot air balloon, emblematic of the importance of youth in Virgil's work. The other sports cartoon from cultural icon/artist Reggieknow, who illustrated the now-cult characters in Virgil's Spring/Summer 2021 show (a video featuring animated puppets called "Zooom's Adventures with Friends") – the first time Louis Vuitton has collaborated with a black artist on the runway. The book will also be available in an Ultimate Collection; packaged in a collector's box referencing Virgil's use of shipping crates in the Spring/Summer 2021 collection. The Louis Vuitton Virgil Abloh: Impossible Collection book also includes a separate special insert that serves as a compendium for each Virgil sneaker designed for Louis Vuitton, including this year's new Air Force 1s.

Craftsmanship

Assouline's ultimate collection is a tribute to the art of luxury bookmaking. Hand-bound using traditional techniques, with hand-stamped color plates on artist-quality paper, each page of this limited edition series bears the unique imprint of the artisan. Covering a range of subjects from jewelry and fashion, to fine art and “impossible collections,” the ultimate collection curates culture from around the world and across the ages. Nestled in linen clamshell boxes, these books attract collectors, lovers of the printed page, and those who devour the culture of our time. Signifying a new level of sophistication for true connoisseurs, these unique books are works of art in their own right.