A 13-year-old has secured a Louis Vuitton internship after their design sketches go viral.
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TEENAGER LANDS INTERNSHIP WITH LOUIS VUITTON
The young French artist who goes by the name Milan was recently offered an internship at one of the biggest fashion houses to ever exist. Milan’s journey with Louis Vuitton began in November last year when his mother shared a collection of sketches to her social media accounts.
In his sketches Milan, who is a 13-year-old from France crafted a plethora of looks ranging from hoodies to heels in his sketches.
In the November his mom shared a tweet that not only proudly detailed his passion for fashion, but in the tweet his mom asked the French atelier for a short course or internship. The 13-year-old’s mother also noted that her son’s birthday was approaching in December 2023.
Milan’s mother tweeted: “Hello @LouisVuitton My son is just a little bit, a lot, passionate about your brand and leather. He is also very good at Photoshop on a graphics tablet for his creations and plans to do a professional baccalaureate and bts in fashion professions”.
“Could you allow him a short one-week OBSERVATION course or tell me how to proceed please?” she eagerly asked.
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A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE
Per French news channel BFM TV and reporter Marie Gentric, Milan secured an internship with Louis Vuitton in December last year. In a subsequent update, Marie, who helped boost the Milan’s designs earlier that year, shared that the 13-year-old he had shared that the experience was “magical”.
“I felt more at ease there than at school, after two days. I really felt in my community. It is magic. For me, it’s the beginning of life”, Milan told BFM TV.
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