Visiting Virgil Abloh And Nigo In Their Tailoring Time Machine

In late 2019, Virgil Abloh declared that streetwear was dead. He was talking about culture, not clothing, but the statement was immediately stripped of context and sent pinging across the Internet. Abloh didn’t mean that kids would stop wearing graphic T-shirts and jeans. He meant the medium would need to die in order to be born again. Out with the follow-the-leader hype machine, in with freedom of expression. In the age of mechanical reproduction, you will need to be the work of art. Read more at Highsnobiety.