Pharrell Williams succeeds Virgil Abloh as the head of men’s designs at Louis Vuitton
Pharrell Williams poses at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles earlier this month.…
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Nike/Louis Vuitton Air Force 1 sneakers designed by Virgil Abloh beat auction estimates
Bids for 200 pairs of Nike/Louis Vuitton "Air Force 1" sneakers designed by Virgil Abloh are running well beyond Sotheby's initial estimates in an auction with a week to go.The sale, which the Louis Vuitton creative designer helped to plan…
Louis Vuitton stages Virgil Abloh swansong in Paris
Garish sheeny purples, jelly bean blues and lots of acid color mixed with gold chains, thick collars and caps worn to the side. Prints and motifs gleamed in overpowering combinations.Abloh's street-infused styles had marked a departure for…
The surprise Australian tribute to Virgil Abloh by Louis Vuitton
Following the funeral of designer Virgil Abloh on Monday, luxury label Louis Vuitton has gone into overdrive to celebrate the memory of its former creative director of menswear. A pop-up store featuring Abloh’s acclaimed work for Louis…
Virgil Abloh: Indian designers weigh in
Anand Bhushan, designerThe success of this visionary artist was to define what luxury means in this day and age. He took a page from the existing couture atelier formats and blended it with popular streetwear culture and presented it to…
Virgil Abloh: leader by example
On the last night of November, the words ‘Virgil was here’ were scrawled across the Miami sky in drone lights as a thousand people raised their eyes to remember and salute a designer whose contribution to fashion went far beyond, well,…
Oh, to Be Mentored by Virgil Abloh
In the fashion world, few people were more committed to mentoring the next generation of creative talent than Virgil Abloh. As an untrained designer, he sought to level the playing field because of his own struggles to break into the top…
Louis Vuitton Show at Art Basel Becomes a Virgil Abloh Tribute
A Louis Vuitton runway show meant to mark the opening of a gleaming new men’s wear store in Miami’s Design District became a moving tribute to Virgil Abloh, as friends, collaborators and fans paid their respects under fireworks and a drone…
Virgil Abloh shocked the system – fashion was only part of it
“Me being here, in this space is about so much more than just making stuff that’s cool because it’s luxury,” Abloh said.“Me being here, in this space is about so much more than just making stuff that’s cool because it’s luxury.”A look from…
Honoring Virgil Abloh, ‘the Ultimate Designer,’ at His Store
On Monday, as the fashion world mourned the death of Virgil Abloh, fans of his work went to the SoHo outpost of his brand Off-White to pay their respects to a visionary artist who had opened doors for a new generation of creative…