Kanye West & Virgil Abloh Cry & Hug In Emotional Reunion

Zoe Taylor · Jun 22, 2018

After Virgil Abloh's debut Louis Vuitton show, the designer appeared on the runway and headed for his longtime friend and creative collaborator Kanye West. Captured by artist Takashi Murakami, you can see the emotional reunion below. The Chicago natives' moment represents how far they've come - from fashion aspirations to designing for a living.

@virgilabloh & #kaynewest Emotional! @louisvuitton show

A post shared by Takashi Murakami (@takashipom) on Jun 21, 2018 at 6:27am PDT

In an interview with 'The Hollywood Reporter' in April, Kanye said: “It's not bad or good, it's my creative collaborator being the head of Louis Vuitton.” In a later interview with Charlamagne Tha God, he stated: “The breakthrough with Virgil is now we have someone who's come from Donda, who's come from the school of Kanye West."

During the show, Abloh played one of Ye's songs Kanye gave the designer a standing ovation.