2021年に短い生涯を閉じたVirgil Ablohの2017年時のインタビュー動画です。
OFF-WHITEというラグジュアリーストリートブランドを創設したり、黒人で初めてLouis Vuittonのメンズアーティスティックディレクターになったりと昨今のファッション業界を牽引する1人でしたが、癌で惜しくも2021年11月に38歳の若さでこの世を去りました。
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00:00:00 ～ 00:00:03 As an architecture student, I had a professor that said I
00:00:03 ～ 00:00:07 didn’t have the pedigree or ideas or skill set to sort
pedigree 〔人や動物の〕血統、家系、〔団体などの〕由来、起源、歴史、経歴
skill set スキルセット，（人の）技能［能力］の総体
00:00:07 ～ 00:00:09 of work in any sort of important context.
context 文脈、〔文中の言葉の〕前後関係、〔事件などの〕事情、背景、状況
00:00:09 ～ 00:00:12 So every no is perfect for me.
00:00:12 ～ 00:00:13 I thrive off a no.
thrive off More than lives off 参考ページ
live offは～で生計を立てる、～に寄生して生きていく、～のすねをかじる
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00:00:21 ～ 00:00:26 Off-White is sort of my resume and mood board for an actual
mood board 個人のデザインアイデアやコンセプトを画面上や紙面に集めたもの
00:00:26 ～ 00:00:30 idea that I have for like the modern luxury brand.
00:00:30 ～ 00:00:34 It’s almost like a laboratory.
00:00:34 ～ 00:00:38 For me, it’s like my teenage years is the foundation
foundation 土台、礎、基盤
00:00:38 ～ 00:00:43 for everything that I’ve sort of done afterward.
afterword その後、以後、後に
00:00:43 ～ 00:00:47 I was like an average, sort of, suburban kid that was
00:00:47 ～ 00:00:51 skateboarding, listening to Nirvana, Beastie Boys, rap,
00:00:51 ～ 00:00:53 Wu-Tang.
00:00:53 ～ 00:00:56 Like you say the music, you can think of a look.
like you say あなたが言うとおり、あなたのおっしゃるとおり、あなたが言うように(as you sayと同じ)
00:00:56 ～ 00:00:59 And so as I started thinking about clothing,
00:00:59 ～ 00:01:02 I was always like drawn to what my initial interest was,
draw 〔～を〕引き付ける、引き寄せる
what 関係代名詞のwhat = the thing(s) which
00:01:02 ～ 00:01:04 and that was T-shirts.
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00:01:10 ～ 00:01:15 For Off-White, my contribution was I would take a young idea
00:01:15 ～ 00:01:18 of streetwear, this idea that T-shirts and hoodies are
00:01:18 ～ 00:01:23 important, but making that in the same factories as luxury
thatは何を指している？
00:01:23 ～ 00:01:24 houses.
00:01:24 ～ 00:01:26 So that’s why we’re in Italy.
00:01:26 ～ 00:01:31 This is men’s team working on pre-collection next season.
00:01:31 ～ 00:01:34 Shoes are happening in the back.
00:01:34 ～ 00:01:37 This is the women’s room.
00:01:37 ～ 00:01:41 I just moved to this newer space because the concept is growing.
00:01:41 ～ 00:01:43 How’s it going?
00:01:43 ～ 00:01:46 New office, it’s nice in here.
00:01:46 ～ 00:01:48 But I have no desk in the world.
00:01:48 ～ 00:01:55 [LAUGHS] I travel probably, like, 320 days a year,
00:01:55 ～ 00:01:56 eight flights a week–
00:01:56 ～ 00:02:01 Chicago, Frankfurt, Milan, London, Berlin, Stockholm,
00:02:01 ～ 00:02:04 Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Vegas, and LA.
00:02:04 ～ 00:02:06 It’s a lot.
00:02:06 ～ 00:02:10 I work on the street literally, like phone in hand.
00:02:10 ～ 00:02:15 I feel like Off-White be one of the truly first, sort of, like,
00:02:15 ～ 00:02:19 a luxury brand that’s been just built from social media.
00:02:19 ～ 00:02:21 It behaves in this sort of hybrid,
hybrid 合成物、混成物
00:02:21 ～ 00:02:25 in between a traditional system and a new system less than
in between〔二つのものの〕間に、中間に
00:02:25 ～ 00:02:29 streetwear, that clothes just come out at different times.
00:02:29 ～ 00:02:32 They’re posted on Instagram, and consumers can buy them.
00:02:32 ～ 00:02:36 And I’m interested in that hybrid in between them both.
00:02:36 ～ 00:02:39 I’m directly pointed at this generation that hasn’t been
00:02:39 ～ 00:02:42 messaged luxury to yet.
00:02:42 ～ 00:02:46 As an Off-White sort of look, I’m looking to put this with
look to ～に目［注意・心・関心］を向ける、～の方を向く､～を目指す、～しようと試みる、～しようとする
00:02:46 ～ 00:02:47 like a T-shirt and jeans perhaps.
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00:02:50 ～ 00:02:54 This Millennial young person, they love to covet things.
covet 〔他人が持っている物を〕むやみに欲しがる◆やや否定的な意味で使う、〔～を〕切望する、〔～を〕待ち望む
00:02:54 ～ 00:02:57 They’re sort of waiting for a designer that sort of faced
face to ～の方向を向いている
00:02:57 ～ 00:02:58 to them.
00:02:58 ～ 00:03:01 I want to make a modern version of her wedding dress.
00:03:01 ～ 00:03:02 I like this.
00:03:02 ～ 00:03:05 I like seeing the shoulder.
00:03:05 ～ 00:03:10 I love this idea that Off-White can go from like a study
00:03:10 ～ 00:03:14 graphic T-shirts all the way to a wedding dress under this sort
all the way to はるばる～まで、～までずっと
00:03:14 ～ 00:03:17 of muse that I’ve dictated for the season.
muse 詩神、瞑想
dictate 〔～を〕命令する、指示する、〔文章などを〕書き取らせる
00:03:17 ～ 00:03:20 This current collection that I’m developing,
00:03:20 ～ 00:03:22 choosing Princess Diana, the muse,
00:03:22 ～ 00:03:24 is sort of this resonance.
resonance 反響、響き、余韻、共鳴、共振
00:03:24 ～ 00:03:27 It’s super like young Diana.
00:03:27 ～ 00:03:28 Yeah, I couldn’t be happier.
couldn’t be happier これ以上幸せになることはない、最高に幸せである
00:03:28 ～ 00:03:30 It looks like the sketch.
00:03:30 ～ 00:03:32 Can you walk?
00:03:32 ～ 00:03:35 This is always what I wanted to do.
00:03:35 ～ 00:03:39 And no one does it, haute couture meets street.
haute 〈フランス語〉高い、高級な、格調の高い
couture 〈フランス語〉〔カスタムメードの〕高級婦人服業界、〈フランス語〉高級婦人服デザイナー［仕立師］、オート・クチュール、〈フランス語〉〔デザイナーの作る〕高級婦人服、オート・クチュール
00:03:39 ～ 00:03:43 But people say it all the time.
00:03:43 ～ 00:03:47 I’ve had the fortunate ability to sort of craft my own path.
00:03:47 ～ 00:03:50 People ask me all the time, do you feel some sense of like
00:03:50 ～ 00:03:52 achievement or fulfillment?
achievement 成果、業績、功績
fulfillment 実現、成就、達成
00:03:52 ～ 00:03:54 And the answer’s zero.
00:03:54 ～ 00:04:00 I have no– there’s no feedback loop that’s like, yes.
feedback loop フィードバックを繰り返すことで、結果が増幅されていくこと。
00:04:00 ～ 00:04:03 I’m only interested in my making new things,
00:04:03 ～ 00:04:08 like getting to this place of the next idea.
00:04:08 ～ 00:04:11 I think bell bottoms are going to come back because everyone
00:04:11 ～ 00:04:15 has in their closet skinny jeans, boyfriend jeans.
00:04:15 ～ 00:04:19 I also like for women, let’s buy dickies,
00:04:19 ～ 00:04:24 girls in dickies pants, cropped.
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