“Murakami's ability to deconstruct and his aesthetic and conceptual freedom have been totally inspiring for me.”

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Abloh is saying that Murakami’s way of breaking things apart and rebuilding them, along with his creative independence, had a strong influence on him. The quote presents Murakami as someone whose work opened up new ways of thinking about style and ideas.

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Originally said in English.

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About Virgil Abloh

American fashion designer and entrepreneur

Virgil Abloh was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. Trained as an architect, he moved from Chicago street fashion into international luxury fashion, and his work became widely associated with streetwear and high-end branding. In 2012, he founded Pyrex Vision, then transformed it into Off-White in 2013, the Milan-based label that became his best-known fashion project. He also worked with Ye, first through an internship at Fendi in 2009 and then as creative director at Donda in 2010. In 2018, he was appointed artistic director of Louis Vuitton menswear, and in early 2021 he took on broader creative responsibilities across the LVMH brand.

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