2019-08-26 Bloomberg Businessweek

Whileyouwereonvacation,

VirgilAblohwasbusy

ByKimBhasin

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FALLS Bloomberg Pursuits August 26, 2019

Over the summ

transformed intoa s

Saks Fifth Avenuea

unveiled streetwea

windows, an Apple

of design labs,and

Streetwear opened

The activity was all

“Figures of Speech

about influential desi

at the Museum of

Art Chicago.

More than 100

most of them young,

to see a dress Abloh

Beyoncé, a belt hema

Rocky, and an embossi

created for Jay-Z andKa

collaborative album

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of other products ares

near rainbow T-shirtsd

for LVMH, where Abl

named men’s artisticd

a year ago.

Outside the museum,

Nike Inc. teamed up toc

a temporary space forc

to host workshops. Toth

Louis Vuitton openeda st

a month devoted to Ablo

collection, a bright oran

ument to the designert

press described as “elec

“traffic-stopping.”

Abloh’s evolutionfro

of a seamstress to oneof

test names in fashionha

clamoring to collaborate

and earn his stampofa

This year alone he’shada

at least eight brandpartn

(By comparison, Louis

Man on the Street

NIKEAIRZOOMTERRA

KIGER 5 In June, Abloh dropped this

part of a collection dubbed Athletes

in Progress, which featured sneakers

tested by 800-meter champion

Caster Semenya.

MCA CHICAGO For his “Figures

of Speech” exhibition, Abloh created

two shirts. This one is reselling for more

than 40% above its retail price

on site StockX.

LOUIS VUITTON New this fall,

Abloh’s $3,550 Keepall Bandoulière 50

adds strong graphic elements to the

brand’s signature silhouettes.

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VITRA This “hacked” version of

Jean Prouvé’s Antony armchair in

orange lacquer made its debut at

Art Basel in June. Another collection will

travel to the U.S. this fall.

STYLE