Don C Reveals Who First Introduced Him to Ye & Virgil Abloh
Fashion designer Don C sat down with the Ghetto Runways podcast for an in depth two-part interview lately and spoke on how he met Ye and the late Virgil Abloh. He credited music govt John Monopoly with initially connecting all people.
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“John put me on, put Ye on, and put Virgil on,” he stated about Monopoly. “And John intentionally introduced me to Ye and Virgil… At 14, 15 years old, this man John Monopoly is like, ‘Man, I got a cousin, man, he into fashion, if he add some sh—t to what you doing Ye, you gonna be on another level.’”
He additionally spoke on the viral trend photograph of himself, Ye, Virgil, Fonzworth Bentley, Taz Arnold, and Chris Julian at Paris Fashion Week in 2009, and revealed they took the photograph to make an announcement for not being let right into a venue. “Man, we were just trying to express ourselves. When I look at that picture now, we was lookin’ crazy,” he began. “We had the courage to do that, so I’m happy we did. It opened the doors for everybody.” He then stated the image was Ye’s concept. “Ye was a true visionary because he was intentional about it… He was saying like, ‘Man, we gotta get these pics, too, because it’s gonna be like moments in history.’”
Adding, “We couldn’t get into fashion shows when we first started wanting to go to fashion shows. But being from Chicago, a guy from the nightlife community, you know how to parking lot pimp. You know how to clown at the door… I don’t know if you notice, but that street shot wasn’t at no fashion show. That was outside a fashion show. We was just making a movement because they wouldn’t let us in. And guess who let us in? Karl Lagerfeld.”
Don C additionally talked about that he’s working with John Monopoly about correctly telling his story, in order that his pal can get his flowers.
You can watch the total interview right here and right here.
