PARIS — Trying to pin down Virgil Abloh is about as difficult as copping one of his coveted Nike sneakers.
“Miami -> Paris -> London all in this current 24 hrs,” read a post on his Instagram Stories on Monday, summing up a day in the life of the Off-White founder and creative director of men’s wear at Louis Vuitton, who is WWD’s Newsmaker of the Year.
Abloh was on the Eurostar train en route to the Fashion Awards in London, where he beat Supreme, Balenciaga, Marine Serre and Alyx to win the Urban Luxe award for the second year in a row. “I still think it’s an astonishing achievement to have me in the class of designers that were nominated,” he said in his acceptance speech.
Virgil Abloh
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At Art Basel Miami last week, he may not have been as ubiquitous as the year before, but Abloh still found time to support his friend Luka Sabbat; take part in a panel talk titled “Back to the Body: Human-Oriented Forms in Art, Design and Architecture,” organized by Therme Group; and deejay at the Rakastella festival on Virginia Beach.
Also in the last seven days, Abloh was named as the first creative adviser for sustainable
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