Designer Virgil Abloh Announces $1 Million Scholarship Fund for Black Students

Designer Virgil Abloh announced that he has raised more than $1 million to benefit scholarships for Black students toward efforts to foster equity and inclusion within the fashion industry.

The Virgil Abloh “Post-Modern” Scholarship Fund will be managed in partnership with the Fashion Scholarship Fund, the foremost fashion-oriented education and workforce development nonprofit in the U.S.  Abloh has entered into a long-term partnership with FSF to help enhance their internship, mentorship and networking offerings.

 

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anyone that’s ever been in a meeting with me or a creative brainstorm or even a random iMessage chat knows that i’m forever fighting for the “17-year-old-version” of myself. ⁣ ⁣ what that specifically means is… all i want is for any young black kid to achieve a shorter path to their career goals, and if i can help with an open source approach to opening doors or messaging “how-i-did-it” along the whole way, then i’ve done my real job, not my actual job.⁣ ⁣ 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.⁣ ⁣ the goal is to make sure i’m not one of the few, but one of many in my industry…

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Recipients will not only receive funds, but will also be given access to vital career support services and mentoring. In addition to his own donation, Abloh raised funds from his partners evian, Farfetch, Louis Vuitton and New Guards Group, with more partners to be announced in the future as the fund continues to work for long-term change.

For more information, visit virgilabloh.com/postmodern/.