To hear more from Virgil Abloh, see our CIFF 2018 panel discussion: showstudio.com/projects/ciff-x-stavros-karelis-february-2018/panel-discussion-ciff-february-2018

I've never heard someone talk as much and say as little as Virgil Abloh

RIP my man Virgil.

Street wear is high fashion, it goes deeper than what people in “high fashion” think. High fashion had history. Street wear has history and pain...but more authentic. Virgil had always trying to bridge that gap, and i think he has

NAOMI CAMPBELL:   HOW DID YOU GET THIS JOB?     VIRGIL ABLOH:  I DREAMT IT; WILLED IT INTO FRUITION... GONE TOO SOON DEAR VIRGIL, RIP MY NO.1 MENTOR IN DISGUISE

It's funny to see this interview again now that Virgil has taken the place of Kim Jones as artistic director at Louis Vuitton menswear and that Kim Jones is now at Dior Homme.

The irony that this wasn’t just an interview but also a job interview

This video pairing both of them makes even more sense now

Adding value to something people have already grown to love is a pure artistic gesture.

how is dennis not the most punk basketlayer of the time fym

Rest Easy King V.

Rest in piece, an icon.

It's not easy to like a guy who, in the most simplistic way can make the dopest thing. " Genius is 1% percent inspiration,99% perspiration. bravo Virgil, I am sure that you are the hero of a lot of kids in Chicago, that's a great achievement if you ask me.

That Sacai windbreaker, my lord

"Louis Vuitton, straight from Kim Jones."

30 minutes in and just realizing this vid's in black and white...

kinda get it, listening to the interview you see virgil has the millenials, he has a vision thats structured as well as artistic. he speaks for a mass of hypebeast. Luxury brands are realizing NIKE can relate to MASS consumers and surprisingly has created luxury value in these limited edition or collectible pieces... I see Luxury brands dumbing down to gain Mass Consumers and stay relevant, which i don't quite get, because millenials outgrow streetwear, but ok. street wear is very basic and but is the popular relevant story and its merging luxury design to be relevant. High end is envious of the edge, and popularity.  "street wear" is envious of cotour history, structure, value. everyones informed on how to build brands, but supreme/off white/fog, killed off most street brands and became the pinnacle of streetwear?... what happens next?

Not in my lifetime will I just be a consumer...

My only question is why is there such an emphasis on street wear, but not street people. Like actually use the people you’re getting inspiration from. Invoke the whole feeling and fully shine a light on the people who birth it.

Crazy how Virgil ended up replacing him