Many had thought it as good as dead, destined for a place in fashion oblivion next to plus fours. But this week a most unexpected thing has been happening on Paris men's catwalks -- the stuffy old suit has come back. In show after show suits and tailored jackets have shaken off the toxic baggage of corporate uniformity. It wasn't supposed be...
Jan 20, 2019
Virgil Abloh bent the knee to Michael Jackson -- a fellow African American from the Midwest whose "prodigious talent catapulted him to unparalleled fame" -- in his Louis Vuitton show Thursday at Paris men's fashion week. The designer -- the first African American ever to lead a major Paris label -- did not make a direct comparison between...
Jan 18, 2019
Having hogged the headlines throughout the last Paris men's fashion week, Louis Vuitton's streetwear supremo Virgil Abloh attempted to repeat the trick Wednesday by giving the suit and tie a millennial makeover. Having set Instagram alight by sending out Michael Jackson-style sparkly white gloves as invitations for his Louis Vuitton show...
Jan 17, 2019
First Off-White, then Louis Vuitton Men's, and now Virgil Abloh. The busy designer is launching a new label, this one his namesake. While still holding his creative director and men's artistic director roles with Off-White and Louis Vuitton respectively, Abloh introduces a new jewelry line, inspired by a paperclip and named for himself. The new...
Jan 16, 2019
Virgil Abloh was a collaboration machine in 2018 and he’s showing no signs of slowing down in 2019. In fact, his label Off-White is launching its largest collaboration to date: a 44-piece capsule collection with luxury e-tailer Mr Porter, set to launch on January 21. “It’s the largest capsule we’ve produced with a brand to date. It’s been...
No stranger to capsule collaborations, digital fashion retailer Mytheresa has teamed up with Off-White for the second time. The luxury streetwear brand lends its renowned logo designs to Mytheresa to offer an 11-piece winter capsule collection of ski-wear. The capsule will launch exclusively on Mytheresa tomorrow, December 12. “Mytheresa has...
Dec 11, 2018
Childrenswear designers often take inspiration from adult's trends, but where is the line between inspiration and trademark infringement? Due to a recent lawsuit filed by Off-White, we're about to find out. The luxury streetwear label is suing a childrenswear label based in Brooklyn, New York, called Brooklyn Lighthouse. Off-White filed its...
Dec 10, 2018
The latest edition of the Lyst Index officially shows Virgil Abloh’s Off-White is the hottest brand on the planet. Over the last year the cult streetwear label has risen 33 places in the online shopping platform’s quarterly Index, now surpassing Gucci and Balenciaga for the number one spot for the first time. In Q3 Off-White released a series of...
Oct 24, 2018
Virgil Abloh, menswear creative director at Louis Vuitton, has collaborated with another company from the LVMH Group. The designer, who is also at the helm of streetwear label Off-White, has revisited the bottle of Moët & Chandon’s Nectar Impérial Rosé. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Moët & Chandon Official (@moetchandon) on Oct...
Oct 23, 2018
For the first in a series where British Vogue contributing editor Naomi Campbell meets designers making debuts at historic fashion houses, Campbell sits down with Virgil Abloh in his Paris headquarters. Source: British Vogue Channel, YouTube.
Oct 9, 2018
Parisians do not exactly have a reputation as impulsive early risers who like to queue up to buy a rug. But that is exactly what happened on Saturday morning when hundreds of people crowded into a pop-up store on Quai d'Austerlitz to buy one of four models of rugs, designed by none other than Off-White’s Virgil Abloh for Swedish furniture giant...
Oct 3, 2018
Off-White | Spring Summer 2019 Full Fashion Show Source: FF Channel, YouTube.
Sep 28, 2018
