Virgil Abloh
Virgil Abloh Scholarship To Be Expanded During 2024
The Virgil Abloh “Post-Modern” Scholarship Fund will be expanded during the coming year, according to his widow, Shannon Abloh. It will include getting more scholarship recipients and more funding for hardship students.
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Nike To Host ‘Virgil Abloh: The Codes c/o Architecture’ Exhibit In Miami
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke Almost a year after his passing it’s still long live Virgil. This December, Nike will honor Virgil Abloh’s creative legacy with a four-day experience during Miami Art Week. As spotted on Nice Kicks From December 1 through 4, 2022, Nike and VA Securities will present “Virgil Abloh: The Codes c/o Architecture” at Miami’s Rubell Museum. The exhibition honors Abloh’s creative legacy, highlighting his long-term partnership with Nike, and shares design methodologies that were central to his creative identity. The exhibition and its related programs are designed to showcase his methodological principles — known as Abloh’s Codes — which are meant to be applicable to any medium, product or space. The Codes made his work, and particularly The Ten with N...
Kanye West Admits He Was Jealous Of Virgil Abloh Via Texts With Tremaine Emory
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Edward Berthelot / Getty The Kanye West hot mess express continues. He reveals that he was indeed jealous of Virgil Abloh in a text conversation with Tremaine Emory. As spotted on Complex, the Chicago, Ill. native reached out directly to the Creative Director at SUPREME after Emory called him out for treating Virgil Abloh poorly prior to and after his death. Last Friday (Oct. 7), Ye shared screenshots of their conversation. Emory went ten toes down on his prior stance. Related Stories “You still ain’t tell the people why you weren’t invited at Virgil’s private funeral,” he wrote. “Why you rode on him when you knew he was sick. That’s the ether. That’s the sh*t you can’t address. The sh*t you can’t live with. All the hate you spewed on your brother.”...
The Off-White™ x Nike Air Force 1 Low “Brooklyn” To Drop Tomorrow Via SNKRS Crap Shoot
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke Virgil Abloh may be gone (Rest In Power, King) but his Off-White™ creations are still a hot commodity out in these streets, and tomorrow (September 13) hypebeasts will be foaming out the mouth when some limited-edition Off-White™ Air Force 1’s drop on the dreaded Nike SNKRS app. HypeBeast is reporting that the bright green colorway to the Off-White™ Air Force 1’s will be releasing on Tuesday (September 13th) via raffle on the Nike SNKRS app as a way to celebrate the late-great Virgil Abloh’s “Figures of Speech” exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. Related Stories Previously referred to as the “Light Green Spark” colorway, the “Brooklyn” entry in the partnership features a striking all-green look accented by me...
Brooklyn Museum Honors Virgil Abloh’s Legacy With Stimulative Exhibition
The life of DJ and fashion design visionary Virgil Abloh will be remembered in a reflective exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. Open through January 29th, 2023, the exhibition, dubbed “Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech,” highlights the late creative’s epoch-making journey through many facets of architecture, design, fashion and music. It was curated by Michael Darling and originally opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in 2019. Prior to his tragic death in November 2021 from a rare form of cancer, Abloh had already spun up ideas with curator and writer Antwaun Sargent for the Brooklyn Museum’s exhibit. It opened July 1st and was completed by Abloh’s studio, Alaska Alaska, and designer Mahfuz Sultan. Brooklyn Museum members can attend...
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Kendrick Lamar Performs Virgil Abloh Tribute At Louis Vuitton SS23 Show [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Antony Jones / Getty Louis Vuitton’s Spring Summer 2023 show was one for the books. Kendrick Lamar performed as tribute to Virgil Abloh. As per Gentleman’s Quarterly the Compton, California native made a special appearance in what already was trending to be a magical showing by the French label. The final celebration of Virgil was opened by the marching band of Florida A&M University which was proceeded by a troop of LV flag wavers. And the cherry on top was Kung Fu Kenny who performed a medley of his verses from the front row from his most recent project from Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. Included in his set was “N95,” “Savior,” “Rich Spirit”, “Count Me Out,” and he closed things out by repeating “Long live Virgil.” The runway, which r...
“Air Force 1” by Louis Vuitton Exhibit Coming To NYC On May 21
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Louis Vuitton / Louis Vuitton If your money wasn’t long enough to secure a “Air Force 1” by Louis Vuitton sneaker there is hope. The sneaker designed by Virgil Abloh will be up for grabs at an upcoming exhibit in New York City. As per Sneaker News the coveted shoe will be coming to the big apple this month. From May 21-31, 2022, the exhibition Louis Vuitton and Nike “Air Force 1” by Virgil Abloh will take place at the Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse in Brooklyn. Open to the public, the expansive showcase charts the creative dialogue between Nike and Louis Vuitton envisioned by the Maison’s Men’s Artistic Director Virgil Abloh for the Spring-Summer 2022 collection prior to his passing on November 28, 2021. Related Stories The 47 editions of the Nike Air...
Offset Pays Homage To Virgil Abloh With Brand New Tattoo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Pierre Suu / Getty A few months ago Drake decided to pay homage to the iconic designer, Virgil Abloh by getting a tattoo of the man on his person, and now Offset seems to be following suit as he too has gotten some ink dedicated to the memory of the Off-White genius. Yesterday the Migos member took to his IG stories to show off his latest tattoo dedicated to Virgil Abloh and we must admit that the good people over at Ganga Tattoo LA did a helluva job on Offset’s latest piece. Related Stories We’re lowkey loving this. Virgil seemingly enjoying life with the Louis Vuitton symbols inked on there too. Real talk, we’re not sure which one we like more between Offset and Drake’s Virgil tattoos. Both were well done but Offset’s seems to have more detail and featu...
“For My Dear Friend V”: Black Coffee Honors Virgil Abloh With Poignant DJ Mix
“An inspiration.” “A visionary.” “A legend.” These are only a few of the commendations awarded to the late Virgil Abloh by the electronic music community following his tragic death on November 28th. The renowned fashion designer, architect and DJ passed away at the age of 41 after a two-year battle with cancer. Now, iconic South African dance music producer and 2022 Grammy nominee Black Coffee has spearheaded his own special ode to his late friend and collaborator: a brand new DJ mix called For My Dear Friend V. For My Dear Friend V brings together 13 unique house and techno tracks from a variety of African artists, including the spellbinding “Emazulwini” by Sun-El Musician and the tension-filled “The Warrior&...
“Salute”: Drake Gets A Virgil Abloh Tattoo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bennett Raglin / Getty It’s been a few weeks since the shocking passing of Virgil Abloh and though many of his celebrity friends have expressed their sorrow and shared sincere memories, Drake has ensured that the Off-White genius will remain a part of him forever. A pic of Drake’s new tattoo has made its way unto social media and his latest ink job is one of none other than that of Virgil Abloh. Based off a 2018 picture of Virgil throwing a Louis Vuitton kite down a runway, the tat was pretty well done from the kite in the air down to the shadow Virgil’s body cast on the floor beneath him. That’s brotherly love for real, b. Related Stories Don’t be surprised if Kanye West feels a way and gets a tattoo of Virgil covering his back or something. Just sayin.’...
