Kim Jones led Louis Vuitton menswear during its 2017 collaboration with Supreme.
Jones served as Louis Vuitton’s artistic director of menswear from 2011 to 2018. His work frequently connected luxury fashion with sportswear, travel references, music and street culture, making him a significant figure in the collaboration’s development.
The Supreme collection appeared during Louis Vuitton’s spring-summer 2017 menswear season. It mixed Supreme’s recognizable red Box Logo with Louis Vuitton’s monogram canvas and luxury construction across apparel, bags and accessories.
The collaboration is sometimes attributed to Virgil Abloh because Abloh later became Louis Vuitton’s menswear artistic director. Abloh joined the house in 2018, after the Supreme collection, so Kim Jones is the correct designer for the 2017 partnership.