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Louis Vuitton's Virgil Abloh Sorry for BLM Protest Comments - Vulture
Jun 02, 2020 58 secs

Virgil Abloh, founder of the label Off-White and Louis Vuitton’s current menswear artistic director, was taken to task by Twitter this weekend after he lamented the looting taking place during this weekend’s protest against police brutality in black communities.

His comments, combined with a tweet of him donating only $50 to Miami-based organization Fempower for protestors’ legal fees, had social media convinced Abloh didn’t have his priorities straight when it came to what, exactly, is lamentable about the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests, born out of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis by police last week.

“Case & point # 81 why I said ‘streetwear’ is dead,” Abloh said in one of his posts this weekend, alongside a video of L.A.

Black lives matter.

In this moment, those other things don’t,” the designer says.

And as for that donation, followers pointed out the price point of Off-White far outstrips $50.

I have donated $20,500 to bail funds and other causes related to this movement.” Says the designer, “I will continue to donate more and will continue to use my voice to urge my peers to do the same.” You can read his entire post below

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