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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Robin Givhan
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an author talk featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning jo
 urnalist Robin Givhan as she discusses her groundbreaking book MAKE IT OUR
 S: Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh..\nhttps://dclibrary.li
 bnet.info/event/14309112
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Givhan will explore how Virgil Abloh&mdash
 \;the son of Ghanaian immigrants and the first Black designer to serve as 
 artistic director at Louis Vuitton&mdash\;transformed the fashion industry
  and influenced global culture. Through Abloh's remarkable journey\, Givha
 n examines the intersection of fashion\, race\, and cultural power\, revea
 ling how streetwear revolutionized our understanding of luxury and taste.<
 /p>\n<p>With rich storytelling featuring fascinating characters from groun
 dbreaking Black designers to Abloh's mentor Kanye West\, this event offers
  a compelling look at how one visionary's work continues to inspire design
 ers and artists worldwide.</p>\n<p>Register to attend and learn more about
  the author and book below.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong>About the Author</str
 ong></p>\n<p><strong><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/
 editor/dclibrary/Robin_Givhan__copy__Kevin_J__Miyazaki_2024.jpg" width="22
 9" height="229" alt="" style="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" /
 ></strong>Robin Givhan is a renowned fashion and culture critic who spent 
 30 years at The Washington Post before departing the publication. During h
 er tenure\, she served as senior critic-at-large\, writing about politics\
 , race\, and the arts. Previously\, she covered the fashion industry as a 
 business\, as a cultural institution\, and as pure pleasure. She is the Pu
 litzer Prize winner for criticism and author of The Battle of Versailles: 
 The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History. I
 n addition to the Post\, where she also covered Michelle Obama\, Givhan ha
 s worked at Newsweek/Daily Beast\, Vogue\, and the Detroit Free Press.</p>
 \n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong>
 </p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><str
 ong></strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong></strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\
 n<p><strong></strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n
 <p><strong>About the Moderator</strong></p>\n<p><strong><img src="https://
 static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/dclibrary/Krissah_Thompson.jpg" 
 width="230" height="230" alt="" style="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20px
  0px\;" />Krissah Thompson</strong>&nbsp\;is the former editor of WP Ventu
 res\, a start-up at The Washington Post focused on growing reach off-platf
 orm\, relevance to new audiences and revenue by mastering riveting storyte
 lling. She worked directly with the audio\, video\, newsletters teams and 
 several reporting teams. She was previously a managing editor in the award
 -winning newsroom and the first Black woman to serve in the role. She bega
 n her career at The Post in 2001 and has held multiple titles including in
 tern\, Business reporter\, covering presidential campaigns and writing abo
 ut civil rights and race. Before becoming an editor in the Style section\,
  she covered the first lady&rsquo\;s office\, politics and culture. She ha
 s also overseen features coverage\, climate\, audio/podcasting\, hiring\, 
 career development &amp\; diversity and inclusion in news. Krissah is a gr
 aduate of the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism and Colle
 ge of Liberal Arts Plan II honors program. She also earned a master&rsquo\
 ;s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.</p>\n<p><strong><
 /strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><stro
 ng></strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp
 \; &nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>About the Book</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Virgil 
 Abloh&rsquo\;s</strong> iconic rise to the top of the fashion industry tra
 nsformed our ideas about the relationship between&nbsp\;who we are&nbsp\;a
 nd&nbsp\;what we wear.&nbsp\;His appointment as head of&nbsp\;menswear for
  Louis Vuitton in 2018&mdash\;the first Black designer to serve as artisti
 c director in the brand&rsquo\;s 164-year history&mdash\;shocked the fashi
 on industry.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>In&nbsp\;<em><strong>MAKE IT OURS:&nbsp
 \;Crashing the Gates of Culture with Virgil Abloh\,</strong></em>&nbsp\;Pu
 litzer Prize-winning culture and fashion critic&nbsp\;Robin&nbsp\;Givhan&n
 bsp\;profiles Abloh&rsquo\;s legendary work and impact\, revealing how the
  son of Ghanaian immigrants was able to infiltrate all aspects of our cult
 ure and inspire millions.&nbsp\; Not only a remarkable&nbsp\;biography of 
 his singular creative force\, the book is a powerful meditation on fashion
  and race\, taste and exclusivity\, genius and luxury.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n
 <p>Using Abloh&rsquo\;s surprising path to the top of the fashion world\,&
 nbsp\;Givhan&nbsp\;tells a larger story about how the insular and exclusiv
 e industry faced a transformation from below in the form of streetwear and
  designers unafraid to storm the gates. Their notions of what luxury was a
 nd could be anticipated and upended consumer preferences\, proving a simpl
 e T-shirt could hold as much cultural power as an haute couture gown. Ablo
 h gained prominence at a time when the fashion industry was grappling with
  its role in addressing a diverse audience and facing the difficulty of ma
 rketing status to a generation more focused on collecting sneakers and val
 uing comfort over traditional luxury. How that moment came to be\, and how
  someone like Abloh&mdash\;who had no formal training in pattern making or
  tailoring&mdash\;could come to symbolize and embody the industry&rsquo\;s
  way\, is the story at the heart of this book.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>With access 
 to Abloh&rsquo\;s family\, friends\, collaborators\, and contemporaries\, 
 and featuring a cast of fascinating characters ranging from groundbreaking
  Black designers like Ozwald Boateng\, to Abloh&rsquo\;s mercurial but cri
 tical employer and mentor Kanye West\,&nbsp\;Givhan&nbsp\;tells a captivat
 ing\, great American story of how a young man&rsquo\;s rise amid this cult
 ural moment would upend a century&rsquo\;s worth of ideas about luxury and
  taste.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>When he died in 2021\, Louis Vuitton famously honor
 ed Abloh in his final show with a drone writing in the Miami sky\, &ldquo\
 ;Virgil was here&rdquo\;&mdash\; and this holds true\, as his legacy conti
 nues to be an influence to young designers and artists everywhere. I hope 
 you'll consider covering this insightful look at his life by esteemed jour
 nalist&nbsp\;Givhan&mdash\;an inspiring\, in-depth meditation on his lasti
 ng impact on both fashion and culture at large.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><s
 trong>&nbsp\;</strong></p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/14309112
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