Hints and tips:
...“I want to be Virgil,” he says, “not Dante.”...
...“My client base is, I’m sure, a big part of the visibility of my practice,” says Turnbull....
...After there was a street wear happening with the incredible success of Virgil Abloh. I was out of trend. And after this I think there was quiet luxury, and I still believe I’m out of trend.” He smiles....
...“I’m so proud of him.” The calendar is a weighty responsibility to shoulder, but Gyasi is most keen to retain his distinctive lens. “I didn’t want to be influenced,” he says....
...Mari, I’m sure, would have hated it....
...“I am in a unique bucket where I’m an influencer through fiction,” he says. “There’s a massive void there....
...I remember reading Virgil in college and being utterly moved by pastoral poetry....
...“I’m not a planner.” She shakes her head. “I’m not a strategist.” Has she ever tried to be one? “No!”...
...“I’m always going to be a perpetual student,” he says. “This is the university of fashion.”...
...Evian (re)new (designed by Virgil Abloh) The place that means a lot to me is Versailles – not the palace, but the surrounding area. I really feel different when I’m there....
...“I’m focused on the idea of luxury without any compromise.”...
...I have two businesses that are successful, but I’m an artist. It can be as simple as that.” Ross cites modern British sculpture and the Black Arts Movement as strong influences....
...And Virgil was like, ‘Wow, wow, wow’.” With shows such as this, the studio has been able to bring more of his unfulfilled ideas to fruition. “I’m so glad we got to build it....
...You open it up, and it reads “I’m sorry”. And then you open it up again and it says, “I’m really sorry”. And then you unfold it, and it says how much he loves me. It now sits on my desk....
...This rousing and wise work is as much part of the world’s heritage as Virgil’s Aeneid or Shakespeare’s sonnets....
...Over centuries, the island cropped up in stories from Virgil and the Epic of Gilgamesh to the Arabian Nights. Tales spread of its dragon blood trees, whose sap ran red....
...; and Matthew M. Williams’s Givenchy, where the house’s couture technicians handmade the exceptional selection of suits that opened the show....
...“I’m able to talk about a collaboration we are doing and have it communicated around the world.” And his persuasive skills have been brilliantly successful....
...“I’m not going to sell furniture on StockX. You know what I’m saying,” he adds, referring to the platform that specialises in sneakers and streetwear....
...“I’m trying to make art on a commercial scale. That’s what Off-White is, it’s rooted in art and architecture but mass, like Canal Street, so people buy it.”...
...I’m hugely indebted to so many people who have spent time with me through my career....
...In a 2016 Billboard magazine interview, Abloh said: “I’m trying to create a luxury version, a designer version, of what I see in the street....
...It must be tasteful and beautiful, even if shocking, and that’s what Virgil does and why we get along so well.”...
...I’m expecting him to be exhausted....
...“When I’m making music, it’s more or less an energy,” he says. “I’m just going with the vibe. Painting – I’m not going with the vibe....
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