American - Designer | September 30, 1980 -
'Creative director' is a catchall phrase for giving ideas. To me, it obviously means more than that. It's like being a counselor.
Virgil Abloh
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I think that, in a digital age, album covers are becoming a lost art.
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You can look at Lil Uzi and know he has a strong opinion about his aesthetic.
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I pride myself in collaborating and being a creative director, and creative direction isn't putting my opinion first. It's supporting an artist so they get the most out of the project.
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To me, graphic T-shirts are the most important and most expressive format for a designer or a person. Your taste in graphic tees says a lot about your point of view.
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I don't do the vintage thing so much, just because it's not me. There are some vintage designers I'll buy things from, but mostly not.
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Graphic tees are vibes. And I think they're the basis of a lot of wardrobes, but that makes it challenging to distill what you're brand means within a T-shirt.
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I can come up with 30 T-shirt designs in a day, but it's just about where to slot each of them. That's streetwear to me. It's about knowing where to buy things, not this mass thing you can get anywhere.
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My friends and me, we're the type that don't care. We're not into fashion. That's, like, millennial spirit.
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I have this overriding principle that streetwear could end up like disco: that it will be perceived well at the time but doesn't age well at all.
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The most valuable thing in culture is to find something first - so everyone is always looking.
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Take Tom Sachs as an artist. His brain is more brilliant than anything, so of course, anything he puts out over a ten-year period is going to continue to be super relevant. But if you look at some artists, they have one good idea, but unless you know where it's coming from, it's not going to be lasting.
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