Chrome Hearts has been around since the ‘80s, ... Abloh’s Off-White worked with the brand in 2015 on a capsule of T-shirts and trucker hats. A follow-up capsule would debut the year after.

Chrome Hearts is one of the most fascinating brands in the luxury fashion ecosystem, which is why I’ve covered the brand as much as anyone can. Which isn’t a whole lot.

Laurie Lynn, whose husband Richard Stark founded Chrome Hearts in 1988, asked herself that same question when Lagerfeld showed up to the brand’s Upper East Side store one day in the late-’90s.