An arc Journey of Virgil Abloh
PARANOIA Magazine is profoundly saddened by the passing of Virgil Abloh. Our sincere prayers and condolences go out to his family and friends. Our editor, exchange the recollection of her experience with Virgil.
Source: LVMH
The death of one of the most relevant and multi vocational designers devastated the industry. Last night when I heard the news I had to verify the source before I could believe that we lost Virgil.American designer, DJ and stylist Virgil Abloh came to prominence as Kanye West‘s creative director but has since made waves in the fashion world with his luxury streetwear label, Off-White, and appointment as artistic director of menswear at Louis Vuitton in March 2018. “This opportunity to think through what the next chapter of design and luxury will mean at a brand that represents the pinnacle of luxury was always a goal in my wildest dreams,” he said of his appointment.
He was the creative who defined the culture of fashion, art, architecture and design through outbreaking the panoramic view of what we see as a new renaissance.“I feel like now is a tremendous time in culture,” he says, at the Vitra launch. “I feel like it’s the Renaissance. I feel like Bernini just sculpting away, defining a moment of enlightenment. I’m just an eager kid who looks at every day as a possibility to make something and leave a good impact.”
Virgil changed the course of luxury fashion and introduced us to the remix of hip-hop, skateboarding subcultures to unimaginable masterpieces. I still remember hearing Virgil in 2018 at Spazio Maiocchi, Milan at his “Question Everything” exhibit talking about the future of Streetwear - the new art movement and how he considers himself as the “cultural robin hood—steal from the snobs and give it back to some kids.” For him, he was never considered to be a designer but rather an artist at his constant drive of creating, collaborating and experimenting the cultural grounds so loudly that even the critics applauded that young black kid who dared to dream and threw his idea with freedom’.What Virgil achieved throughout his journey was not just the win-win path for him but he left the instruction manual for the coming generations here and rewrote the rule book for digitalisation and marketing in his own captivating sense.
The world of Virgil Abloh indulged the whole entertainment industry with what is it to create the impossible and bolt the dots of evolving creative playground.His metric world of relevancy and design will continue forever by the kid who dared to dream.’
By Shinal Maheshwari