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Louis Vuitton’s Nike ‘Air Force 1’ collaboration on display in New York exhibition

An exhibition dedicated to Louis Vuitton’s collaboration with Nike has opened in New York, displaying a collection of 47 customised Nike ‘Air Force 1’ styles by the luxury fashion house’s late creative director, Virgil Abloh. Running through to the end of May, the public exhibition features some of the beloved designer’s last works, with each of...

May 23, 2022

Business

How to continue the legacy of Off-White

In his 41 years on this Earth, fashion designer and entrepreneur Virgil Abloh left a mark that will go down in history. As the founder and creative director of Off-White and the first Black menswear artistic director of Louis Vuitton, Abloh’s genius knew celebration and reverence in the fashion industry. His death left a void in the world of...

May 11, 2022

Culture

Louis Vuitton’s ‘Coming of Age’ exhibition kicks off, in memory of Virgil Abloh

An exhibition in memory of the late designer Virgil Abloh has been unveiled at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, France. Over a two week period, an extension of Abloh’s 2019 ‘Coming of Age’ exhibition will be open to the public, free of charge, running until April 27. The initial exhibition consisted of a curation of work that centred around...

Apr 15, 2022

Fashion |In Pictures

Church’s launches collaboration with Off-White

British footwear label Church’s has launched a capsule collection with Off-White, personally designed by Virgil Abloh. The gender-less collection, which made its debut on the catwalk at Off-White’s ‘Spaceship Earth: an Imaginary Experience’ show during Paris Fashion Week, combines Abloh’s “question everything” philosophy with the artisan...

Mar 30, 2022

Fashion Featured

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,...

Mar 29, 2022

Fashion Featured

PFW: Supermodels and celebrities celebrate the posthumous Off-White show for Virgil Abloh

Spaceship Earth was the title of Off-White’s posthumous show for Virgil Abloh. The collection was designed by Abloh before his sudden death last November, and completed by the creative teams and collaborators with whom he worked. It rendered as a manifesto for his democratic and inclusive fashion revolution, a disruptive debut of “high fashion”...

Mar 1, 2022

Fashion

Virgil Abloh Louis Vuitton x Nike sneakers fetch 25 million dollars at auction

Sotheby’s this week auctioned an online sale of 200 pairs of Louis Vuitton Virgil Abloh x Nike sneakers, selling for a total of 25.3 million dollars. One pair in a rare size sold for 352,800 dollars, with most selling over 100,000 dollars, well over the original estimates of 5,000 – 15,000 dollars. The Nike collaboration was a shoe designed by...

Feb 10, 2022

Culture

Brooklyn Museum dedicates first museum survey exhibition to Virgil Abloh

The Brooklyn Museum has devoted a first museum survey exhibition to late artist and designer Virgil Abloh. Titled “Figures of Speech”, the exhibition will start on 1st July 2022 and end on 29th January 2023. It will showcase a mix of fashion, large-scale sculpture, immersive spaces, videos and sketches spanning nearly two decades of Abloh’s...

Feb 7, 2022

Fashion |Report Featured

Au revoir Virgil, welcome Nigo: men's week in Paris and Milan, from farewells to rebirths

Fashion has been shaken up for several years now. While the industry is reflecting on sustainability and racism, among other things, the pandemic has made everything even more complex. The traditional fashion week survives, but it has also been transformed. At first glance, the calendars seem lighter, with fewer catwalk shows. Meanwhile, the...

Jan 25, 2022

Fashion Featured

Late designer Virgil Abloh's 'emotional' last show hits Paris

Paris - Louis Vuitton presented the final collection by path-breaking designer Virgil Abloh at Paris Fashion Week on Thursday, following his death last year at the age of 41 that shocked the industry. A close associate of Kanye West, Abloh was the first black American to be named creative director of a top French fashion house and brought...

Jan 20, 2022

Fashion

Sotheby's to auction Virgil Abloh Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1 sneaker

From January 26 bidding will open on Virgil Abloh’s Louis Vuitton and Nike collaboration, with 200 pairs of its Air Force 1 shoe to be sold via luxury auctioneers Sotheby’s. The auction is a link in a string of related Louis Vuitton events to take place from January through 2022. Proceeds will benefit The Virgil Abloh™ “Post-Modern” Scholarship...

Jan 20, 2022

Business

Fashwire and Glosswire donate to Virgil Abloh’s Post Modern Scholarship Fund

Fashion and beauty marketplaces Fashwire and Glosswire have both committed to donating to the late Virgil Abloh’s Post-Modern Scholarship Fund. Throughout December 2021, Glosswire donated one dollar for every download of its app to the foundation, with its sister company, Fashwire, set to do the same for the entire month of January 2022. The...

Jan 6, 2022