Virgil Abloh Announces $1 Million Scholarship Fund for Black Creatives
On Thursday, Off-White™ and Louis Vuitton designer Virgil Abloh announced that he’s raised a total of $1 million to support scholarships for Black students.
According to Hypebeast, he raised the money through the Virgil Abloh “Post-Modern” Scholarship Fund, which has been funded by Abloh himself, as well as a number of his creative partners including Louis Vuitton, Evian, New Guards Group (the company behind Off-White™) and Farfetch (which owns New Guard Group). It will provide financial help “for students of academic promise of Black, African-American, or of African descent.” The fund is also in partnership with the long-established Fashion Scholarship Fund.
According to the press release, “The Abloh Fund’s mission is to foster equity and inclusion within the fashion industry by providing scholarships to students of academic promise of Black, African-American, or African descent.” Abloh also released a statement saying, “I’ve always been passionate about giving the next generation of students the same foundation for success that was given to me,” Abloh said in a statement. “That’s why I’m excited to launch this Fund in partnership with the FSF, which has an outstanding track record of helping college students achieve successful careers.”
He also posted on Instagram saying, “I’m putting money, my resources, and my rolodex where my mouth is… just keeping it “Two Virgil’s” or more accurately “That many Virgil’s” in the slideshow above: i’ve started a scholarship fund for black students and raised $1 million so far, pre-announcement with the same manic creative brainstorm that got me here with the support of some of my collaborators and the @fashionscholarshipfund it’s called the Virgil Abloh™ “POST-MODERN” scholarship fund. ~ link in bio for more details. email me there. “ he added, The goal is to make sure i’m not one of the few, but one of many in my industry…”
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