Virgil Abloh Quotes

Fashion isn't interesting when it comes from an uninspired place.

I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. There's where I made my name - in design - and there's where I'd like to stay.

Fashion is something that I want to be involved with for a long time, and I want to show that I can give people what they want while still keeping my pizzazz and my razzle-dazzle.

I create a look, and I create a style.

I am not at all stylish. For me, style is a state of mind and individuality.

I think style is a fringe benefit that looks like you made it.

I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.

Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers.

I'm of the opinion that as a DJ you must always play what you love and ignore what's 'trendy' because true passion always eclipses what's fashionable. Quality is always fashionable.

Don't change a thing. That's one of the best gimmicks a band could ever come up with.

Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.

Everything is very individual for me in the way that I work; I don't just show a rotating rack of clothes.

In regards to being a fashion aficionado, there's a certain amount of taking yourself seriously in the professional world. The self-effacing person can't completely go down the serious road. But I design, and love when things are beautiful.

The best and the worst thing about fashion is that anyone can do it. But because fashion can be the most unintellectual thing, you have to turn it into an intellectual exercise just for your own sanity. You have to start with a conceit.

Fashion is what people tell you to wear. Style is what comes from your own inner thing.

I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

I'd like mostly stuff for design, because I like to design clothing.

Some people think that my shows are just for shock value, but the provocation makes those classic pieces look different every six months. You don't need to see the same gray suit every season. But surrounding it with 40 really interesting ideas makes it feel new.

I knew fashion was going to be part of my job, so I thought I might as well have fun with it.

Fashion should be fun and accessible.

I'm not opposed to doing a fashion line, but I want to make sure it's the right thing and make sure its something people actually want instead of putting out a bunch of stuff that's already been done.

Fashion should be playful.

I love fashion, and I love clothes, and so collaborating and putting pieces together is a passion that I have.

I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really.

I'm an artist, and I love the visual. Fashion is high art sometimes and hack work other times, but it's something worthy of study and love.