Fashion icon Virgil Abloh gets the bio he deserves in ‘Make It Ours'
In March 2018, when Louis Vuitton named Virgil Abloh its first African American menswear artistic director, Robin Givhan, The Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic, quipped that she hoped the storied French fashion house would have 'ample security when he debuts his first collection in Paris in June,' since his 'legion' of 'hyper-energized, emotive' fans would vie to get close to him.
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