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Dowdy no more: Men in suits storm back into style

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...

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Michael Jackson-themed Abloh makes his bid for cool king of Paris fashion

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...

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Louis Vuitton's Abloh makes suit and tie street on Paris catwalk

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...

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Virgil Abloh to launch namesake label during Paris Fashion Week

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...

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Off-White and Mr Porter to launch collaborative capsule collection

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...

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Mytheresa buyer Tiffany Hsu talks collaborations ahead of Off-White capsule

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...

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Can childrenswear be counterfeit? Off-White finds out

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...

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Off-White is world’s hottest brand, according to online ranking

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...

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Virgil Abloh designs champagne bottles for Moët & Chandon

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...

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Video: Naomi Campbell meets Off-White designer Virgil Abloh

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.

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Off-White x Ikea: pop-up store pulls rugs out from under customers

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...

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Video: Virgil Abloh's running track runway show PFW SS19

Off-White | Spring Summer 2019 Full Fashion Show Source: FF Channel, YouTube.