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Grand Palais to host exhibition dedicated to the work of Virgil Abloh

Virgil Abloh: The Codes, the first major European exhibition dedicated to the work of Virgil Abloh (1980 - 2021), will be presented at the Grand Palais from September 30 (his birthday) to October 10, 2025. The exhibition will explore nearly two decades of Abloh’s multidisciplinary output through 20,000 archive items. It brings together hundreds...

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Beyond Virgil, what equity in the luxury fashion industry looks like

The Fairchild Media Group hosted its Fashioning Equity Forum recently with a star studded international group of speakers and diversity advocates. During a panel entitled “Abloh and Beyond: What Black Leadership and Legacy Means for Fashion,” Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing, who is half-Ethiopian, half-Somalian, and was born in a French orphanage,...

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This is what Virgil Abloh will be remembered for

The fashion designer Virgil Abloh stands with his person and brand Off-White like no other for the triumph of streetwear in the world of luxury fashion. The crowning achievement of his fashion career came with his appointment as creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton. But this appointment meant much more than a career move for Abloh, it...

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Video: Virgil Was Here

In this video, Louis Vuitton has presented its menswear fashion show, Virgil Was Here, in honour of its late creative director of menswear, Virgil Abloh. Watch the video below. Click here to read more about the show. Video: Louis Vuitton via YouTube Photo credit: Image: Louis Vuitton via YouTube

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African designers pay tribute to the late Virgil Abloh

African fashion designers on Monday paid tribute to American star designer Virgil Abloh for helping "open the door" and allowing them to be seen and heard in the global industry. Artistic director for Louis Vuitton men's collections, Abloh, whose family was from Ghana, died on Sunday of cancer aged 41, after becoming the first major black...

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Louis Vuitton to present Abloh's final collection in Miami following his passing

Louis Vuitton will present the final collection by designer Virgil Abloh in Miami on Tuesday, following his death from cancer at the age of 41. "In loving memory of Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton pays tribute to the life and legacy of a creative genius with a presentation of his Spring-Summer 2022 Collection in Miami on November 30th," the fashion...

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Remembering Abloh: the man who brought the street to the runway

Virgil Abloh reimagined the profile of a fashion designer, merging streetwear, music and high fashion, and shattering glass ceilings as the first black creative director at Louis Vuitton. Abloh died on Sunday at the age of 41, with few aware that he had been battling a rare form of cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma, since 2019. His partnership with...

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Virgil Abloh nods to early rave culture in Louis Vuitton SS22 show

Virgil Abloh presented his Spring/Summer 2022 menswear collection for Louis Vuitton on Thursday at Paris Fashion Week, a cinematic spectacle that touched on themes of rave culture, martial arts and gender. The collection was presented in a film called ‘Amen Break’ - a reference to a little-known drum riff from a song called ‘Amen, Brother’ by...

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Fashion is embracing new fabric trend from Africa: Kente

A 15-minute exclusive show revealing the 2021 autumn-winter men’s collection from Louis Vuitton. Shown via a video shared on YouTube in particular, the collection is composed of several original styles but some of them drew more attention. These were the designs in Kente, which have very rapidly become the subject of debate on Twitter. On the...

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Could Off-White be the next billion dollar brand?

Off-White has lofty ambitions, aiming to reach one billon euros in revenue over the next 5 to 10 years. The statement was made by Andrea Grilli, CEO of Off-White parent company New Guards Group, during the brand’s Milan presentation on Tuesday. Growth would be achieved through collaborations and partnerships, new products and a powerful digital...

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Off-White creates a digital experience for SS21 collection

Virgil Abloh, creative director of Off-White, has debuted his spring-summer 2021 collection via an immersive digital experience called Imaginary TV. The multi-media digital event was custom-created for the day, with the collection titled “Adam is Eve.” The see-now, buy-now collection teased the launch of a new must-have accessory called The...

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Video: Louis Vuitton’s FW21 menswear collection

In this video, Louis Vuitton has presented its FW21 menswear collection designed by Virgil Abloh. The fashion show has taken place at the Tennis Club de Paris against a modernist set. Watch the video below. Video: Louis Vuitton via YouTube Photo credit: Louis Vuitton, Facebook