The first posthumous Pop Smoke album is set to drop on Friday and Virgil Abloh had the honor of doing the cover, but the fans think he fumbled. After the cover was destroyed on Twitter, Smoke’s manager Steven Victor said he will change the cover because the late rapper would listen to fans. Now, Virgil […]
The countdown for the release of Pop Smoke’s debut album, Shoot for the Stars, has officially begun. His team unveiled the album’s cover art along with merchandise that was designed by Virgil Abloh. Apparently, it was the late Brooklyn rapper’s wish to have the fashion designer lead the creative direction of his freshman project. “you […]
Pop Smoke’s fans woo’d, and his manager, Steven Victor, woo’d back. The unveiling of the artwork was met with negative feedback. “Virgil put about Virgil percent effort designing this smh,” one Twitter user wrote. A petition created by Brooklyn party promoter, Scrillz, has over 8,000 supporters urging for the cover art to be changed. Steven […]
The Off-White x Air Jordan 4 is the on the way but Virgil Abloh is looking to let sneakerheads in on the collaboration early in support of Black Lives Matter. The designer hit Instagram and revealed the sneaker, described in a “Sail/Muslin-White-Black” colorway will be auctioned in partnership with Deviation Music on eBay. The sales […]
Virgil Abloh is the latest person on the cancel block because he was tight-lipped in regards to the death of George Floyd, but was vocal about the looting. To add fuel to the fire, he posted a screenshot of a $50 donation he made towards a bail fund and Black Twitter dragged him to and […]
Over All-Star weekend, Nike revealed the new court at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boys & Girls Club at the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago. The facility was completely renovated and will be the host location of the Nike All-Star Academy. Days after the reveal of the new facility, the kids of the […]
Jordan Brand is connecting with Chicago’s creative community to represent the iconic neighborhoods in the city with footwear and apparel. Connecting with the city’s transit line colors, the collection will demonstrate what the UNITE mantra means to the city in the 8×8 collection. For the Green Line, The Wings program from Jordan believer in providing […]
The worlds of gaming and fashion have merged thanks to Endless Runner, a cool 16-bit video game concept by Louis Vuitton and Virgil Abloh that’s innovative, creative and wildly addictive. View this post on Instagram ????? ??????? ideation team video game titled “Endless Runner”. game found in the living room of the season […]
Gearing up for his upcoming “FIGURES OF SPEECH” exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Virgil Abloh reveals a vibrant set of Louis Vuitton gear that ties directly into the themes of his anticipated art show. View this post on Instagram @louisvuitton limited capsule collection related to my exhibition the Museum of Contemporary […]
If you are in Chicago between May 31 and July 28, 2019, you can stop by the NikeLab Chicago Re-Creation Center c/o Virgil Abloh. The union of Nike and Abloh have created the center to empower youth through the physical and cultural energy of Chicago in an effort to change the city and world with […]
After launching the Staples Edition Collection earlier this month for Louis Vuitton, Virgil Abloh has some more heat in store for the long-running luxury label with a new menswear campaign fronted by rising actor Ashton Sanders. Known for his breakout role in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight and starring in the recent HBO adaptation of […]
Although OFF-WHITE™ is a brand that has a strong visibility here in the States, Virgil Abloh decided to show extra love to his flagship shops in South Korea by launching a new “City Garments” capsule collection. View this post on Instagram 5월 10일 전 세계 오프화이트 매장에서 각 도시 이름과 매장 주소가 프린트된 “City Garments” […]
Virgil Abloh has been a busy man lately. On top of spearheading operations over at OFF-WHITE™ — nice boots, by the way! — he’s also crafting up some seriously fly swag over at the Louis Vuitton gig, too. The latest is a new Staples Edition collection, giving us a series of high-end menswear essentials that […]
OFF-WHITE™ is making sure to keep you fresh on your next trek, whether that be through the woods or just your neighborhood, with a Pre-Fall 2019 footwear option in the form of suede hiking boots. Advertisement The cognac brown colorway is a clean & neutral option for any season, especially combined with the brushed suede […]
If you are a resident of New York City you will be able to get the first glimpse of the collaboration of evian and Virgil Abloh in the United States. On May 9, the evian Drip Drop event will take over downtown NYC to celebrate the launch of Abloh’s limited-edition water bottle with the brand. […]
While many recognize Virgil Abloh as one of the biggest forces in the fashion industry right now, his Ghanaian ethnicity plays a bigger part in telling his personal background story and the people who he considers friends. Take his close relationship with veteran South African DJ Black Coffee for example, which comes full circle in […]
POCs represent way more than just our African American, Latinx and Asian brothers and sisters out there. Virgil Abloh’s popular OFF-WHITE™ imprint is showing us the wide-spanning spectrum of how diverse the world is with a new capsule collection made exclusively for the Indonesian people of Jakarta. Advertisement The new “TRIPPY” capsule collection offers a […]
Award-winning, Grammy-nominated rapper Travis Scott has announced that his Astroworld: Wish You Were Here tour will make its way down to Australia in November for five shows across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne with Interscope Records labelmate Sheck Wes and Virgil Abloh. It has been a standout previous year for Travis Scott, earning his first Hot […]
The theme for Louis Vuitton’s FW19 presentation at Paris Fashion Week Men’s, which originally wowed the fashion industry in all the right ways, is now causing the brand to completely backtrack and remove it altogether. It’s an act that truly has us wondering one thing: is this truly the beginning of the end for Michael […]
The biggest theme in Louis Vuitton’s FW19 presentation in Paris wasn’t exactly a colorway or a subject, but mainly centered around a person: the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson. As Virgil is both the creative director behind LV’s mens division and his own imprint, it only made sense that his love for MJ would […]