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This Week , designers and brands including Louis Vuitton , Issey Miyake and Uniforme have been displaying their autumn/winter menswear collections at Paris Fashion Week.

On Thursday, Louis Vuitton dedicated its tear-stained catwalk show to the late Virgil Abloh 's last collection.

Abloh, who was the artistic director for the French Fashion House , as well as The Founder of the Off-White fashion label,

His posthumous final menswear show was built around an elaborate " Dreamhouse" concept with angels, breakdancing models and a disregard for gender in the designs.

" I don't believe in gender, I believe in design, " Abloh was quoted as saying in The Show notes.

Ahead of The Show , Dior designer Kim Jones , who Abloh replaced at the helm of Louis Vuitton in 2018, paid tribute. " It's going to be very emotional, " Jones said.

" [Virgil and I] travelled The World together. I feel very lucky to have known him. It's such a waste to think what he would have done.

" He planned everything so perfectly up to The Last minute. You have to commend him, he was so brave in it. "

For the finale, when the designer would traditionally take a bow, his team emerged instead, receiving a Standing Ovation and rapturous applause.

Here are a selection of images of his final collection.

Abloh rose to prominence as Kanye West 's creative director before Making History as The First African-American to lead Louis Vuitton - mixing luxury clothing with streetwear.

Following his death Last Year , Louis Vuitton 's parent company LVMH described Abloh as a " genius" and a " visionary".

Next week, 200 pairs of special trainers created by Abloh in collaboration with Nike will go under The Hammer at Sotheby's in New York .

The Money raised will go to his scholarship fund, helping students of black, African-American and African descent.

The starting bid for the Air Force One trainers will be $2,000 (£1,465).

Source of news: bbc.com