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Louis by Vicente

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Louis is a collaboration between Alle Wilkie, Robert Vincent and Sun Toyota. "Supreme x Louis Vuitton was deemed one of the hype-iest collaborations of the century- Influencing the fashion industry, which influences every living human.

Meanwhile, human trafficking transaction are happening worldwide, right under our noses, and are practically invisible to most people.

Yet, the global handbag market is estimated to be worth about 50 billion, and human trafficking is estimated to profit over 150 billion, annually- 3 times the volume of annual handbag sales."

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Alle graduated from Capital University with a BA in Psychology, And minors in Art Therapy and Studio Art (2016). Not studying what she really wanted, because like a good midwestern girl, caved to the pressure to go with a major that was "applicable". Though she did spend every last elective credit in the art department.

She spent a few years picking up random jobs, to pay the bills. You know the drill. Learned a lot. Not so inspiring. Whenever a painting gig appeared, Alle followed. But there was a feeling that deep down, Alle needed to figure out how to make art a more central part of life.

in 2017, she found a job posting for Louis Vuitton? as an artist. As a complete long shot, she edited her resume from psychology internships to examples of her client artwork, and applied. A month later they emailed her to come audition for the role, in Miami, and she sort of landed the job.. Meaning she came in second place, out of a lot of people, and LV told her -how bout we put you in sales until another artist job pops up? Which reeeallly meant: lots of time selling, little time painting, which worked for about a year and a half, until a change was more than needed.

Over the course of these years, Alle began to connect the dots. She took all her inspiration to the canvas. She took all her heartbreak to the canvas. And when she found herself trying to pursue anything other than art, professionally, her mind would drift back to the studio and all of the work that she wanted to someday, create.

And so, in 2019, Alle began to follow the inner voice to pursue her love for art, full time.

Donated By A+C Foundation