Congratulations to 2025 Virgil Abloh™️ “Post-Modern” Scholar Majesty Hope Bland on receiving the Alumni of the Year Award from ISAIC Detroit, an organization she’s been involved with since 2022 as an undergraduate student at Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design. Visit her on Instagram at @bymajestyhope and @_mhope_ to learn more about her work, and to congratulate her on this accolade.
Up next, as we share our 2026 FSF Finalists on-stage presentations: 2026 FSF Chairman’s Award Winner and Virgil Abloh™️ “Post-Modern” Scholar Kuan Jackson (@pckingkuan )! Kuan, originally from New Orleans, is currently studying Fashion Design and Merchandising as a junior at Clark Atlanta University. His winning Case Study “Build Different. Literally.” focuses on KidSuper and Lego collaborating to create an accessible digital design experience inspired by childhood creativity and playful nostalgia mixed with modular design and AI-powered technology.
Watch as he shares how his childhood in the cultural hotspot of New Orleans shaped the development of his brand, PERFIK CIRCO, and inspired his winning Marketing Case Study fusing two creatively driven brands, KidSuper and Lego. (Don’t miss the on-stage cameo of KidSuper’s Colm Dillane himself!)
Congratulations to Kuan on being named our 2026 Chairman’s Award Winner, and thank you for sharing more about your journey for our recently published article on THE LATEST, FSF’s editorial platform. Click the link in our bio to read the piece now. 🏆
Today we’re sharing more from our most recent “Post-Modern” Talk, “From Soles to Leadership,” where attendees heard from leaders in the footwear space. Thank you to Benjamin Peterson, Global Senior Director, Jordan Energy Relationships, Nike, for sharing these great insights with our audience, as well as this memory of Virgil Abloh:
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“When I think about Virgil, one thing that really stood out was how he treated people. There was nobody too senior or too junior to be worthy or unworthy of his time. He treated everybody equally.”
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Click the link in our bio to visit our events page, and watch the full recording of this event.
This week, we’re excited to share one of the most important moments of #FSFLive: our FSF Finalists’ on-stage presentations! Each of our four Finalists had a chance to speak directly to the audience about how their paths had led them to that very moment at the Gala in NYC, and how their childhoods, educational journeys, and lifelong passions inspired their top-scoring Case Studies.
First up: Madison-Jade Bishop (@madisonjbishop ), a Drexel University senior whose Merchandising Case Study, “Redefining Comfort,” focused on Ugg and Marriott collaborating to create a new category of cozy luxury, merging comfort with world class hospitality. Watch as she shares how her childhood love of skating and her parents’ encouragement and support led her to the development of her Case Study, created to bridge the gap between how products are designed and how they’re experienced.
Click the link in our bio now to learn more about Madison-Jade, and to connect with her on LinkedIn. 🏆
Thank you to the members of our community who joined us for “From Soles to Leadership,” our most recent “Post-Modern” Talk focusing on the footwear space. Swipe for takeaways from one of our panelists, Ricardo Lajoie, Chief Merchant, Vans, who shared this memory of the late Virgil Abloh:
“I remember after one of his DJ sets, we had a conversation that stayed with me. He talked about not waiting for permission but just starting to build your ideas in public. That really shifted how I approached things.”
Stay tuned for more from our other speakers, and click the link in our bio to watch the full recording of this insightful event.
Thank you to our friends at FSF Member School Clark Atlanta University for this celebratory spotlight on 2026 FSF Chairman’s Award winner Kuan Jackson (@pckingkuan )! We were honored to name the @cau1988 junior fashion merchandising major our winner at #FSFLive this spring, and can’t wait to see where his journey takes him. Click the link in our bio to read more.
Thank you to ‘23, ‘24 and ‘25 Virgil Abloh™️ “Post-Modern” Alumna Tiffany Barney (@tiffanyybarneyy ) for this look at a day in the life of a young fashion industry professional living in NYC, which included two events with members of the Virgil Abloh™️ “Post-Modern” Scholarship Fund community. Visit Tiffany on Instagram to learn more about her.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for last month’s “Post-Modern” Talk, “Duality and Disruption: Creatives Changing the Game,” a conversation focused on how identity, heritage, and innovation collide to produce groundbreaking work in fashion and storytelling. We’re grateful to our panelists Keyla Marquez and Marco Morante and our moderator Javier Uriegas for sharing valuable insights with our Scholars and our community.
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Join us for our next “Post-Modern” Talk, “From Soles to Leadership: Power Moves in Footwear,” taking place tomorrow, April 14th at 6pm ET. Click the link in our bio to RSVP now.
Swipe through for images from our visit to LVMH in New York City, an event held for the Virgil Abloh™️ “Post-Modern” Class of 2026 Scholars as part of #FSFLive. Thank you for the insightful event, LVMH.
To wrap up an inspiring #FSFLive, the celebration of our latest cohort of Virgil Abloh™️ “Post-Modern” Scholars, our Class of 2026 visited LVMH in New York City to hear from 2022 and 2023 Virgil Abloh™️ “Post-Modern” Scholar, 2022 FSF Chairman’s Award Winner, and Virgil Abloh Foundation Board Member Naecia Dixon. Thank you to Naecia for your time, and for your advice and guidance for the students in the audience.
As part of #FSFLive, the celebration of our latest cohort of Virgil Abloh™️ “Post-Modern” Scholars, we visited LVMH in New York City for an inspiring morning focused on navigating careers in the luxury and fashion industry. The Class of 2026 Scholars heard from Tremaine Emory, Founder of Denim Tears, with Corey Smith, Vice President of DEI, Samantha Warrick, Chief Legal Operations & Strategy Counsel, and Jasmine Humphrey, Director of Campus & Cultural Engagement, of LVMH North America, as well as a message from Shannon Abloh, Founder and Board President of The Virgil Abloh Foundation. Additional remarks came from Naecia Dixon, two-time Virgil Abloh™️ “Post-Modern” Scholar, 2022 FSF Chairman’s Award Winner, and The Virgil Abloh Foundation Board Member, and Farai Simoyi, Head of Virgil Abloh™ “Post-Modern” Scholarship Fund & Equity. We’re grateful for the many years of partnership and continuous support of our work—thank you, LVMH.
We loved being with our Class of 2026 Virgil Abloh™️ “Post-Modern” Scholars at #FSFLive in NYC, where we celebrated this talented cohort of students—including 2026 FSF Chairman’s Award Winner Kuan Jackson. Thank you to all who joined us in support of our work, and congratulations to this year’s class.
Click on the link in our bio now to learn more about the Virgil Abloh™️ “Post-Modern” Scholarship Fund, and RSVP for our next “Post-Modern” Talk, taking place on April 14th at 6pm ET.
