Louis Vuitton Fall 2019 Menswear Runway Invitation Glove by Virgil Abloh

Conceived by Virgil Abloh for the Louis Vuitton Fall 2019 Menswear show in Paris, this runway invitation was designed not as a paper card but as an object—an overt, museum-grade homage to Michael Jackson and the instantly recognizable white, crystal glove associated with performances such as “Billie Jean.” In Abloh’s hands, the reference becomes cultural shorthand: a bridge between luxury fashion, pop iconography, and the street-born visual language that defined his tenure at Louis Vuitton.

Executed in a sparkling, crystal-embellished white glove form, the piece is both sculptural and documentary, capturing the era when fashion invitations became collectible artifacts in their own right. The palm bears the phrase “there was only one Us,” drawn from Abloh’s poetry, adding a textual layer that anchors the object to the designer’s authorship rather than mere styling. Produced exclusively for invited guests, and accompanied by minimalist Louis Vuitton packaging, it stands as a rare survivor of a tightly controlled distribution—highly sought after by collectors of Abloh-era Louis Vuitton ephemera and by those focused on the continuing cross-market demand for Jackson-related cultural memorabilia. As an acquisition, it offers a compact, displayable proof of a pivotal moment in contemporary fashion history where runway, art direction, and pop legacy converged into a single, instantly legible symbol.