NEW YORK : Late fashion designer Virgil Abloh is being honored in a New York exhibition featuring 47 pairs of Louis Vuitton Nike Air Force 1 sneakers he created before his death in November.Abloh was the artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection from 2018 until his death from cancer at age 41.
"He was one of a kind," Elle.com Deputy Editor Claire Stern said."Not just in his creative skill set, but how he broke down barriers in fashion. Racially, socioeconomically, he let people in."