Abloh virgil

off-white
community clothing
in sync with the speed
of the world

portrait by BOGDAN @CHILLDAYS PLAKOV 
interview by SVEN SCHUMANN

SVEN SCHUMANN — Virgil, do you still feel like fashion is a world you don’t belong in?

VIRGIL ABLOH — I think fashion is changing into a world that is different from what it was even five or six years ago. Initially, when I was starting in 2014, I would say that the benchmark and the ideas for new forms of fashion
design weren’t necessarily, you know, in their current place. Fashion is vibrant today. The public is ready, willing, and eager to adopt some new ideas. People are ready to challenge conventions. They’re thinking
in different ways, and that’s a perfect storm to insert new ideas into.
It’s in the hands of the creators, the designers, and the abstract thinkers. This is a perfect moment for…