Abloh-Isms

A collection of essential quotations from the renowned fashion designer, DJ, and stylist

Explore the visionary insights of Virgil Abloh through this compelling hardcover collection.

Featuring carefully curated quotations from the groundbreaking designer, DJ, and creative innovator who reshaped luxury fashion and contemporary art, this book captures Abloh's distinctive voice on creativity, innovation, cultural identity, and artistic purpose.

From his pivotal role as Kanye West's creative director to his historic appointment as artistic director at Louis Vuitton—the first African American to achieve this distinction at the storied French house—Abloh's influence spans streetwear, high fashion, and museum exhibitions worldwide.

Drawing from interviews and documented sources, these passages offer profound reflections on passion, race, and generational artistry.

An essential read for anyone seeking to understand the philosophy behind one of contemporary culture's most transformative creative minds.

Select quotations from the book:

• "I believe that coincidence is key, but coincidence is energies coming towards each other. You have to be moving to meet it."
• "Life is collaboration. Where I think art can be sort of misguided is that it propagates this idea of itself as a solo love affair--one person, one idea, no one else involved."
• "Black influence has created a new ecosystem, which can grow and support different types of life that we couldn't before."

Author Biography

Virgil Abloh (1980-2021) was artistic director of the menswear collection at Louis Vuitton and founder and CEO of the fashion label Off-White. In 2018, he was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

Larry Warsh has been active in the art world for more than thirty years as a publisher and artist-collaborator and was a founding member of the Basquiat Authentication Committee until its dissolution in 2012. He is also the editor of Weiwei-isms and Humanity, by Ai Weiwei; Basquiat-isms and The Notebooks, by Jean-Michel Basquiat; and Haring-isms, by Keith Haring (all Princeton).