A luminous trophee case for the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, a Monogram combat blade and a cropped top as virtual as fashionable for one of the video game character, Qiyana…, the french label Louis Vuitton is dressing up the e-sport universe of Riot Games.

By Ludmilla Intravaia

The French luxury house Louis Vuitton has teamed up with the American video game company Riot Games to unveil, on November 10th, at the opening ceremony of the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, in Paris, the fashion tech trunk housing the "Summoner's Cup", the trophy of the grand finale of the online multiplayer game, created ten years ago.

Discover this luminous trunk, made to measure by Louis Vuitton, below.

And it’s just the beginning for this collaboration between Louis Vuitton and the e-sport society, as Nicolas Ghesquière, Louis Vuitton’s Artistic Director of Women’s Collections, has just designed his first virtual skin to dress up the League of Legends Character Qiyana. “Reminiscent of recent silhouettes seen on the runway, the look combines a cropped top and high-waisted pants with signature Louis Vuitton accessories, such as the Dauphine bag and Laureate Desert boots. Qiyana’s ring blade has also been reinterpreted with the emblematic Monogram and V-shaped ornaments”, explained the luxury leather goods brand, in a press release published on November 10th. Louis Vuitton also announced a capsule collection designed by Nicolas Ghesquière, that will be presented next year.

It’s not the first time that Nicolas Ghesquière is playing with the video game universe. Three years ago, Final Fantasy character Lightning was the virtual model of the Serie 4 campaign, around Louis Vuitton's spring-summer 2016 collection. Discover it, below.

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