Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh

Make It Ours: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil AblohVirgil Ablohs rise from outsider to artistic director at Louis Vuitton redefined the relationship between fashion, culture, and identity. In Make it Ours, Pulitzer Prizewinning critic Robin Givhan charts his journey with insight and clarity, revealing how Ablohs work collapsed boundaries between streetwear and luxury, and reshaped the global conversation about who fashion is for. At once biography and cultural history, this is an essential account of

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examining the impact of common building materials and exploring strategies for more sustainable practice

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the book explores why mending matters—culturally

through treasured mementos and vivid recollections

it offers a rare insight into an extraordinary creative practice

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he could have gone down the celebrity route and ended up ballroom dancing on a Saturday evening or eating obscure bits of animals in the Australian jungle under the gaze of Ant and Dec

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