A biography for Virgil Ablohhasn’t been written yet.
“'Creative director' is a catchall phrase for giving ideas. To me, it obviously means more than that. It's like being a counselor.”
“You can look at Lil Uzi and know he has a strong opinion about his aesthetic.”
“What I love about tennis is the gracefulness. It's an aggressive and powerful game, but it takes touch and finesse.”
“I suck at sleeping.”
“There's a part of me that's trying to represent kids that don't necessarily have the same outlet that I have. I'm not looking towards a new demographic. I'm looking towards the demographic I came from.”
“My lifestyle doesn't really account for movies. I can't even remember what I last saw.”
“Growing up, at high school, we all used to wear Champion garments, which, in America, are standard-issue gym uniforms.”
“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.”
“I believe in the romantic interchange between intellectuals about fashion.”
“Music needs a visual element to make it tangible. So, naturally, there's gonna be a synergy between high-level art direction and high-level albums.”
“For me, there's a subtlety in focusing on the right shape of T-shirt and pant. I recognise that it's boring, but the idea is to catch people off-guard and reward them in some valuable way.”
“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.”
“Fashion is kinda a joke. I don't get too bogged down in the clothes. For me, it's one big art project, just a canvas to show that fashion should have a brand which has someone behind it who cares about different contexts. Social things.”
“I like the idea of a fully realized collection with artists.”
“All the skateboarding brands that I was into had graphic T-shirts. In the '90s, there were different styles that went along with the different influences in skateboarding, whether that be hip-hop or rock and roll and grunge. And that's what I was into, so I was following all that.”
“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.”
“Art is made in hindsight.”
“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.”
“Fashion and music are two great artistic forms that can be molded by the youth culture - our taste and our passion for evolving things in our limited time on earth allows us to look at things with fresh eyes.”
“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.”