![]() That was his sleight of hand, his magic trick. And all the people that are in competition with Virgil, he beat them because he wasn’t in competition with them, he was busy being selfless trying to help people. There’s no one who’s been as powerful as him at his level of compassion, humanity, and kindness, and lightheartedness. “In my opinion, he’s one of the most powerful people in pop culture. I could just see Virgil’s family, all the people he helped, and everything he’s done for me,” Denim Tears founder Tremaine Emory, one of Abloh’s closest collaborators, said after the presentation. This was for Abloh the difficult work of opening doors for a new generation, of giving people the proverbial “cheat codes” so they could achieve their dreams. Brief messages of encouragement, words of congratulations, sneakily profound thought starters, and tiny seeds of ideas he was seemingly constantly sending, both to high-profile friends and unknown strangers. In the hours and days after his death, Abloh’s legacy began coming into focus, thanks in part to the deluge of screenshots of WhatsApp messages and DMs-posted on Instagram and Twitter in tribute-between him and an unbelievable number of friends and collaborators. Fireworks lit up the sky over the water, and when they fell silent many attendees remained in their seats. “Life is so short that you can’t waste even a day subscribing to what someone thinks you can do, versus knowing what you can do.” Where Abloh would normally take his bow, his Paris-based studio team, many in tears, walked together down the runway. Many models-including Kid Cudi, who walked in the show alongside the likes of Quavo, A$AP Nast, and the legendary pro skater Stevie Williams-had tears in their eyes as they weaved through the birch trees.Īs the finale wrapped, Abloh had one final message for the assembled: “There’s no limit,” he said over fading music. A concert featuring Kid Cudi and Erykah Badu would follow. It is fitting that his final presentation would be an instruction in discovery at a time of deep cynicism and despair: Abloh was a relentless optimist, and he believed deeply in the power of fashion, design, art, and music to open new worlds. According to Louis Vuitton CEO Michael Burke, Abloh, whose shows were often allegorical, began discussing the coming of age show concept three years ago. There was a hot air balloon anchored nearby, and a paper plane sculpture-an Ablohian symbol of the power of imagination-in the center of the runway. ![]() ![]() It had been planned before his death, the grandest of several set pieces meant to evoke the wonder of coming of age. As we pulled in, a 30-foot tall rainbow sculpture of Abloh holding an LV-branded vinyl record case, sunglass-clad eyes looking skyward, rose into view. The guest list was over 1,500 names long, nearly all of whom were transported via boat to a barge anchored in view of downtown filled with a forest of birch trees. Though the show was a spin-off of a collection originally presented by video in June, it was a staggering and grandiose production. Abloh died on Sunday at the age of 41 after a private struggle with a rare form of cancer. But what was supposed to be one of many more to come from designer Virgil Abloh-the multi-multi-hyphenate creative whose tenure at the brand was nothing less than groundbreaking-became a memorial service, a celebration of a remarkable life, and an opportunity for Abloh’s family, friends, collaborators, fans and colleagues to remember a man who looked to many like a superhero. All rights reserved.Yesterday, on a barge afloat in Miami’s Biscayne Bay, Louis Vuitton held a fashion show for its Spring-Summer 2022 men’s collection. Lauren London)Ĭopyright © 2018, ABC Radio. Here's the track list for the vinyl version of Pharrell's In My Mind:ġ. Pharrell’s second solo album, 2014's Girl, featured his seven-times platinum single, “Happy,” which won Grammys for Best Pop Solo Performance, and Best Music Video. It also received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album, and has sold over two million copies in the United States. The star-studded project - which featuring JAY-Z, Kanye West, Pusha T, Snoop Dogg, Nelly, Slim Thug and Gwen Stefani - reached number three on the Billboard 200 chart. Universal Music’s Urban Legend division released the album on two black vinyl discs, and it's also available on limited-edition blue vinyl. Universal Music Group Pharrell Williams is now officially an “urban legend”: His 2006 debut solo album, In My Mind, was re-released on vinyl Friday.
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