Nordstrom Celebrates Virgil Abloh’s Legacy With New Concepts Pop-Up Shops

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Virgil Abloh
Long Live Virgil.

Virgil Abloh is no longer with us, though the late creative’s legacy lives on.

Most recently, fashion giant Nordstrom is doing their part to celebrate the father of two’s contributions by partnering with his estate for the latest edition of their New Concepts pop-up series.

Nordstrom Celebrates Virgil Abloh’s Legacy With New Concepts Pop-Up Shops
 
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The exciting collaboration was announced on Thursday (August 11), and will follow his standard approach of uniting several of his projects under a single unique banner. As Complex notes, shoppers will find contributions from Off-White as well as Church & State merchandise which was created in commemoration of the “Figures of Speech” exhibition, which Nordstrom sponsors.

In addition, the retailer has promised to provide support for the Fashion Scholarship Fund’s Virgil Abloh “Post-Modern” Scholarship Fund. “As part of this facet of the company’s support, select students will be given the chance to be involved with mentorship programs led by Nordstrom execs,” the outlet explains.

The pop-up will run though October via Nordstrom.com and across 15 physical retail locations.

Since his untimely passing, Abloh has received plenty of tributes from friends like Kanye West – who paid tribute to him during his verse on Cardi B’s ‘Hot Shit’, Kendrick Lamar – who performed during a Louis Vuitton show in June, giving a nod to Virg, and Kylie Jenner, who rocked an Off-White gown to this year’s Met Gala.

On top of that, Migos member Offset honoured the fallen multi-hyphenate with a heartfelt tattoo portrait to help remember his pal – read more about that here, and tap back in with HNHH later for more streetwear news updates.

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Hayley Hynes is the former Weekend Managing Editor of HotNewHipHop, she stepped down after two years in 2024 to pursue other creative opportunities but remains on staff part-time to cover music, gossip, and pop culture news. Currently, she contributes similar content on Blavity and 21Ninety, as well as on her personal blog where she also offers tarot/astrology services. Hayley resides on the western side of Canada, previously spending a year in Vancouver to study Fashion Marketing at Blanche Macdonald Centre and Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary before that. She's passionate about helping others heal through storytelling, and shares much more about her life on Instagram @hayleyhynes.
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