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Will Pharrell Williams usher in a new era at Louis Vuitton or will it be more of the same?

When Louis Vuitton announced Pharrell Williams is to succeed Virgil Abloh as the new creative director of menswear, it underpinned its new strategy for the French luxury house. By focusing on celebrity, influencers and artists, LVMH is writing a new blueprint to remain the world’s most successful luxury group and growing its 20 billion euro...

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Louis Vuitton after Virgil Abloh: A ship without a captain?

A year ago, the fashion world bade farewell to Virgil Abloh. His creative legacy is a powerful one - full of hope, inclusion and streetwear. Abloh was considered multi-talented, a designer, DJ and master of collaboration. He never much liked the title of a designer, referring to himself as a "maker" instead - for his work was about more than...

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Royal College of Art launches Virgil Abloh Scholarship

The Royal College of Art (RCA) in London has announced its RCA Virgil Abloh Scholarship, a new scholarship for disadvantaged Black British students, as per a press release sent out by the school. From the next academic year, every academic year a selected Black British student will receive a full tuition fee scholarship with a total value of...

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Louis Vuitton publishes book about Virgil Abloh

French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton has published a book about its artistic director Virgil Abloh, who died on 28 November last year. The coffee table book “Louis Vuitton: Virgil Abloh” pays tribute to the appointment of Virgil Abloh as artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection in June 2018 and to his persona itself. As the...

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Is streetwear really declining?

In 2019, the late-great Virgil Abloh, the trailblazing designer behind his Off-White label and the first Black menswear director of Louis Vuitton, sat down for an interview with Dazed. During this interview, Abloh declared what might arguably be one of the most controversial statements of his career: streetwear was going to die. “I would...

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Louis Vuitton launches sustainable sneaker

French fashion house Louis Vuitton has released a new sustainable unisex sneaker designed by its creative director Virgil Abloh, who passed away at the end of November last year. It is a new version of the LV trainer made from 90 percent recycled and organic materials that “blends creativity, sustainability and eco-design, with its utterly...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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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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”...