Virgil Abloh Rewrote the Rules of Fashion. Now Robin Givhan Tells the Full Story

From streetwear to luxury fashion: How Virgil Abloh reshaped an industry

How did a streetwear-loving kid from Chicago become Louis Vuitton's artistic director in Paris? Critic Robin Givhan explores the rise of Virgil Abloh in her new book, Make It Ours.

Virgil Abloh Rewrote the Rules of Fashion. Now Robin Givhan Tells the Full Story

Virgil Abloh at Louis Vuitton's Spring 2020 show. Photo by Dominique Charriau/WireImageThe Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Robin Givhan can still remember her “first, most searing memory” about designer Virgil Abloh, who changed the fashion industry as we know it in the 2010s and is the subject of Givhan’s latest book, Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture With Virgil Abloh. It was 2015, and Abloh’s brand, Off-White, was up for the LVMH priz…

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