American - Designer | September 30, 1980 -
In my case, everything starts from Marcel Duchamp and the new expressive possibilities he gave us with his ready-mades. I transferred his artistic language into today's world, choosing, for example, to use pedestrian-crossing stripes as a symbol.
Virgil Abloh
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Murakami's ability to deconstruct and his aesthetic and conceptual freedom have been totally inspiring for me.
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I just wanna start a brand that inspires and is geared towards youth.
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Pyrex Vision's first season was, for me, an expression of myself as an artist first, designer second.
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I'm always trying to prove to my 17-year-old self that I can do creative things I thought weren't possible.
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Everything I do references something that influenced me.
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I don't want to be a celebrity designer. I want to keep my personal life out of it.
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It is an honor for me to accept the position of men's artistic director for Louis Vuitton. I find the heritage and creative integrity of the house are key inspirations and will look to reference them both while drawing parallels to modern times.
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The blue-collar culture, it's not really a buttoned-up aesthetic. It's a heavy-labor thing because you're, like, sweating.
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I was never meant to, like, work and then turn it off and sit on the couch. I just have a vision, and I'm inspired by it. It's sort of what makes me tick.
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I oftentimes say that I design my collections off my phone. I'm in a group chat with my team in Milan. I copy and paste. I draw. I look at trends. I don't really have an assistant. It's a modern way of working. I don't know if it's sustainable, but it's how I do it.
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I suck at sleeping.
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