Photo Journal - Virgil Abloh in Chicago
To be honest, I didn’t know a whole lot about Virgil Abloh - artistic director of LV Mens and founder of Off-White. But while researching an upcoming shoot inspired by Princess Diana street style, I came across images of his gorgeous Off-White collection inspired by Princess Di.
Little did I know I was only scratching the surface of his amazing body of work. Coincidentally, I saw that an exhibit of his work in Chicago was happening at same time I would be visiting! Not only that, but a stylist friend informed me that he also just opened a pop-up collab there with Nike called Nike Labs.
The exhibit at the MCA showed a broad range of his work, from his early days as an architecture student, to his DJ career, Nike design collabs, fashion designs, album designs and fine art. It was exciting to see the wit and whimsy imbued in everything this renaissance man touches.