The hug between Ye and Virgil at Abloh’s runway Louis Vuitton inauguration
Fashion—especially urban-street fashion as they seem hellbent on calling it—in America has become equal in importance and meaningfulness to sports. And in the newly ascended cultural lane of merch, apparel and design, Chicago talent has reigned and run (as in, “run shit!”): Yeezy, Off-White. Don C and Juwop’s Nike collabs, Sir & Madame and Fat Tiger Workshop’s international presence, G-Fazos. The hug between Ye and Virgil at Abloh’s runway Louis Vuitton inauguration in Paris was the most Chi moment to happen in all of 2018. It quietly let the rest of the world in on what we’ve known about us all along. (Scoop Jackson)
