pop superstar rosalia grabbed all the attention at the louis vuitton show in paris on thursday almost to the point of distracting from the clothesthe french label spared no expense for the most anticipated show of menswear fashion week with a vast hangar constructed alongside the louvre containing a stage made up like an openplan house for the models to saunter throughbut the audience struggled to keep their eyes off the spanish star who delivered a blistering set of flamenco rap and pop while parading around the set lounging in its bed and clambering on top of a carlouis vuitton is still searching for a successor to designer virgil abloh who died aged just 41 from cancer in late 2021thursdays show was given over to a collective including colm dillane the wunderkind behind hot new brand kidsuper and ibrahim kamara from ablohs own label offwhiteguests who included singers jbalvin and btss jhope were given a movie clapperboard for their invitation and the show was kickstarted by a short film codirected by michel gondry eternal sunshine of the spotless mindsomewhere among all this showbiz were some clothes and those who were able to pay attention got a rich and colourful collection ranging from highfashion pieces that evoked the labels recent tieup with japanese polkadot artist yayoi kusama glittering jackets huge puffy versions of its iconic bags and a hatandsuit combo that seemed to be made from sheets of writing papera few names are circulating to succeed abloh including grace wales bonner a brit who gave a strong showing with her first physical show at paris fashion week on tuesdaybut louis vuitton seems happy to ride the wave created by abloh a former kanye west collaborator who brought an ubercool edge of us street culture to the fabled french houseabloh put a very strong spotlight on the vuitton mens streetwear universe arnaud cadart of pr firm flornoy ferri told afpvuitton can afford to continue on this path as long as there isnt a challenger who jostles themthey dont urgently need a replacement agreed benjamin simmenauer a professor at the french fashion institutewe havent forgotten virgil abloh we continue to celebrate him which is rare in the world of fashion where everything goes extremely fast he said