FULL CIRCLE: Fashion designer Virgil Abloh’s legacy is set to take center stage at ComplexCon Hong Kong later on Saturday and Sunday, where the former Louis Vuitton men’s artistic director’s archive, V.A.A., will stage a special installation. The showcase will offer an edit of “Virgil Abloh: The Codes,” the first major European exhibition dedicated to…
For 80 years the Fashion Scholarship Fund has been a leader in fostering talent across the fashion industry. This year, its 10-week Summer Scholarship Series virtual program featured an array of conversations from leaders in their respective fields. The program consisted of two parts: workforce preparedness sessions and masterclasses. The 2025 edition of the Summer…
Virgil Abloh, photographed by Gregory Harris. How does one write a record of the most prolific designers of our time? That was a question on Robin Givhan’s mind when she began crafting Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh, a new biography on the late great fashion kingpin, who succumbed to…
NEW YORK (AP) — With his calm and cool demeanor, fashion disruptor and multi-hyphenate Virgil Abloh artfully challenged the fashion industry’s traditions to leave his mark as a Black creative, despite his short-lived career. In the years since his 2021 death at just 41, his vision and image still linger. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Robin Givhan…