Virgil Abloh and His Army of Disruptors
From Luka Sabbat and Heron Preston to Bella Hadid and Kanye West, Virgil Abloh is fashion’s most connected man. “Virgil can slip into a celebrity entourage and also have a really serious conversation with an architect. Not many people can bridge those worlds,” says the graphic designer Michael Rock. Here, a look back at Abloh’s hyperlinked career.
Virgil Abloh, in Louis Vuitton, with Studio Job’s 2014 sculpture Cat Fight.
Virgil Abloh (bottom right), at one of his favorite design galleries, the Carpenters Workshop Gallery, in Paris, surrounded by some of his friends and collaborators (clockwise, from top right): Acyde, Christina Paik, Tremaine Emory, Guillaume Berg, Adriana Mora, Luka Sabbat, and Arthur Karakoumouchian. Mora, Sabbat, and Paik wear clothes from the Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh fall 2017 collection; Abloh wears a hoodie from the same collection. The table is by the Dutch design duo Studio Job.
A fashion shoot styled by Virgil Abloh in the Barcelona Pavilion designed by Mies van der Rohe. Photographed by Fabien Montique for a forthcoming book by Abloh of short stories through images.
A denim look from the Off-White Spring 2015 season.
Virgil Abloh and Ian Connor walk the runway after the Off-White ‘You Cut Me Off’ Menswear Fall/Winter 2016-2017 show as part of Paris Fashion Week, January 2016.
Bella Hadid walks the runway during the Off-White show during Paris Fashion Week Fall 2017.
Kris Jenner, Kanye West and Virgil Abloh at the Balmain Fall 2016 show in Paris.
Behind the scenes with Virgil Abloh.
Abloh acknowledges the audience during the Off-White show as part of Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2016/2017 on March 8, 2016 in Paris, France.
Virgil Abloh and muse, Luka Sabbat, attend Chrome Hearts X Bella Hadid Collaboration Launch as part of Paris Fashion Week at Chrome Hearts on March 5, 2017 in Paris, France.
Virgil Abloh and Bella Hadid attend Chrome Hearts X Bella Hadid Collaboration Launch as part of Paris Fashion Week at Chrome Hearts on March 4, 2017 in Paris, France.
