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Virgil Abloh

Virgil Abloh is an American fashion designer and DJ who has been the artistic director of Louis Vuitton's men's wear collection since 2018. He also founded his own label, Off-White, in 2013. Abloh entered the fashion world in 2009 with an internship at Fendi alongside Kanye West. He is known for his work designing collections for Louis Vuitton and Off-White that incorporate themes of Americana, diversity, and celebrities like Michael Jackson. Some of his most popular designs feature leather, cotton, rubber textures and Louis Vuitton's signature prints. Abloh has also patented some unique designs and should consider patenting the quotation marks he often uses in phrases.

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Virgil Abloh

Virgil Abloh is an American fashion designer and DJ who has been the artistic director of Louis Vuitton's men's wear collection since 2018. He also founded his own label, Off-White, in 2013. Abloh entered the fashion world in 2009 with an internship at Fendi alongside Kanye West. He is known for his work designing collections for Louis Vuitton and Off-White that incorporate themes of Americana, diversity, and celebrities like Michael Jackson. Some of his most popular designs feature leather, cotton, rubber textures and Louis Vuitton's signature prints. Abloh has also patented some unique designs and should consider patenting the quotation marks he often uses in phrases.

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Virgil Abloh

By: Indrias beyene


About
born September 30, 1980 Virgil is an American fashion
designer, DJ, and music producer who has been the artistic
director of Louis Vuitton's men's wear collection since March
2018. Apart from his work at Louis Vuitton, Abloh serves as the
chief executive officer of the Milan-based label Off-White, a
fashion house he founded in 2013. He entered the world of
fashion with an internship at Fendi in 2009 alongside rapper
Kanye West. The two then began an artistic collaboration that
would launch Abloh's career into founding Off-White. Time
magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in
the world in 2018.
Louis Vuitton FW19
“Virgil Abloh came through with strong details in his FW19
collection for Louis Vuitton, championing Americana, diversity,

Collection
pro-immigration attitudes, and King of Pop Michael Jackson with
bags, jackets, sunglasses, and embellishments on garments.”
https://youtu.be/s1wGyCI3YaQ
Flagship stores
Virgil is connected with louis vuitton which has flag
ship stores in multiple locations selling his designed
products And he also owns Off-White which also has
multiple flagship store.
Patent rendeerings
Virgil has a couple exquizit items patented but
something he uses often that he should patent is the
Quotation marks for phrases he uses.
Early life and
Virgil Abloh was born on September 30, 1980, in Rockford,
Illinois, to Ghanaian immigrant parents. His mother was a

Education
seamstress. His dad was a manager in a paint company. Abloh
was raised in Rockford, where he attended Boylan Catholic High
School, graduating in 1998. He graduated from the University of
Wisconsin–Madison in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science degree
in civil engineering. He received his Master of Architecture at the
Illinois Institute of Technology in 2006.
Business partners
Kanye west , Jay Z, Many other artists, louis vuitton,
many more.
First collection
2019 is the year of all his major collection drops.
What style/garment they are known for, for whom do they
design (men, women, affluent, etc.), do they have celebrity
clients?

Questions Many different type of texture material but mainly leather,


cotton, and rubber. Louis vuitton is known for their elegant
pattern print. Many famous artist wear both OFF-White and
Louis Vuitton and give recognition in music or media.

Who is their target market, what are their price points? Do they
have a secondary line?

Rich famous people is the target and virgil's second line would
be Louis Vuitton

Where do/did they sell their garments, do they have a design


house or flagship store, design house.

You can access items in flagship stores online and in design


stores.

A brief history of their company, successes, failures and


awards

Price are pretty high but there is a good market for it and there
is a lot of hype around these brands. Both brand are doing
Cited source
https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/off-white-spring-sum
mer-2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Abloh

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