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Virgil Abloh「後現代」獎學金籌集100萬美金，為黑人時裝專業學生提供資助

Virgil Abloh 為黑人時裝專業學生籌集100萬美元獎學金。

by Katherine Ho

12 Jul 2020

作為街頭風格品牌 Off-white 創辦人及 Louis Vuitton 男裝創作總監的 Virgil Abloh 早前加入長期合作夥伴 Fashion Scholarship Fund 推出「後現代」獎學金基金，從資金和合作夥伴如 Evian、Farfetch、Louis Vuitton 和 New Guards Group 等資源配套的資助。

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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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獎學金將會為100名至200名前途無量的黑色、非裔美國人和非洲裔學生提供獎學金。作為黑人設計師的 Virgil Abloh，過去僅靠着自己的力量找到獨特方式闖出名堂，甚至花上很多年的時間做有關於時裝設計的工作。「我想為年輕一代打開通往時裝設計的捷徑。」

Virgil Abloh 為基金命名為名「後現代」，是因為受助人還可以獲得職業支持服務和指導，如 Heron Preston 便承諾要參加為年輕學生開設的碩士課程。這就是 Virgil Abloh 想擺脫以往的行善格式，展示出慈善的未來。

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???✨ deep in reverse research mode

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Fashion Scholarship Fund 早在1937年成立的非營利組織，致力幫助美國有前途的時裝專業學生在設計、營銷、分析和供應鏈等領域有不錯的職業發展。而基金的核心使命是提升背景弱勢的天才青年的聲音、創造性和願景，成為時裝行業的未來領袖。今次「後現代」的資金預算比一般高出兩倍之多，「Virgil Abloh 是個開拓者和遊戲改編者，利用他的影響力從顳部實施變革，影響更多年輕設計師生活。」 Fashion Scholarship Fund 執行官 Peter Arnold。

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advanced warning. my return to djing means i’m playing 85% jazz. the new young kids playing jazz. those are the records i’m listening too these days. so grab a book or design something while listening for additional entertainment. 2020 has to be different for the better. none of us are going to a club anytime soon anyways. ⁣ ⁣ “boring doesn’t mean bad” -virgil abloh™️ ⁣ ⁣ editors note: i also make rules to break them.

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