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Call it the LV Effect. Although Colm Dillane had managed to construct a profitable underground business along with his colourful KidSuper collection of art-inspired streetwear, it wasn’t until he was tapped as guest designer for Louis Vuitton’s fall 2023 collection that he really broke through. Dillane was within the running to succeed the late Virgil Abloh as the luxurious brand’s men’s designer and the show in February was seen as an audition of sorts. But when Dillane’s muse and chief cheerleader, Michael Burke, exited the Vuitton brand after a decade, its latest chief executive officer Pietro Beccari went in one other direction and opted to bring Pharrell Williams on board as an alternative. While he could also be dissatisfied to not have snagged...