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        <title><![CDATA[Luxury designer Virgil Abloh slammed for donating a measly $50 to protesters’ bail fund]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s it?</p><p>Protesters ignited by the death of <strong>George Floyd</strong> are dragging luxury designer Virgil Abloh for being cheap in supporting their cause. Abloh, 39, is the artistic director of Louis Vuitton&#8217;s menswear collection and CEO of the trendy label Off-White.</p><p>Abloh posted on his Instagram stories that he had donated $50 to protesters in need of bail money during <strong>the days-long upheaval across the country.</strong> In Los Angeles, the RSVP gallery, which sells his brand, <strong>was looted</strong>.</p><p>&#8220;The Miami community ~ I&#8217;m crazy inspired. For kids in the streets that need a bail funds [sic] for George Floyd protests,&#8221; he wrote in the story, along with a string of posts about the looting taking place at luxury shops like his. &#8220;If it heals your pain, you can have it&#8221; he wrote in one story.</p><p>Other celebrities have <strong>publicly shared their donation amounts</strong> or support for the movement in recent days &#8212; Chrissy Teigen upped her original $100,000 donation to a bailout fund to $200,000 after receiving backlash from her followers.</p><p>Twitter erupted with anger over Abloh&#8217;s modest contribution &#8212; some even <a href="https://twitter.com/MakoNjeri/status/1267396581499654144?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">briefly changed his Wikipedia page</a> to read Virgil &#8220;Cheap A-s&#8221; Abloh and Virgil &#8220;50$&#8221; Abloh.&nbsp;Critics pointed out that the contribution is <a href="https://twitter.com/IZVVC/status/1267388363574784001?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">about the same cost of a set of Off White markers</a> &#8212; <strong>on sale</strong>.</p><p>The Post has reached out to Louis Vuitton for comment.</p><div class="embed-wrapper twitter"><div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I should be sleep, but I’m up thinking about how Virgil Abloh donated $50 and then told people</p><p>&mdash; Brittany Luse (@bmluse) <a href="https://twitter.com/bmluse/status/1267318105321148416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><div class="embed-wrapper twitter"><div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Virgil Abloh selling socks that&#39;s worth the same as mortgages and said here&#39;s $50 my brother fight the power.</p><p>&mdash; Ahmed/Official A&amp;R for OVO Records (@big_business_) <a href="https://twitter.com/big_business_/status/1267308414805389315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><div class="embed-wrapper twitter"><div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Virgil Abloh, founder of Off White &amp; artistic creator of LOUIS VUITTON really had the nerve to share his $50 donation. The audacity. That’s not even half the amount of one his damn keychains. My Off White bags will be going up for sale this week.</p><p>&mdash; Ourfa Zinali (@ourfazinali) <a href="https://twitter.com/ourfazinali/status/1267335842378313728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><div class="embed-wrapper twitter"><div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I really cannot believe Virgil Abloh has the audacity to post that screenshot of his $50 donation. I’m speechless every time I see it.</p><p>&mdash; jade bentil (@divanificent) <a href="https://twitter.com/divanificent/status/1267381195786145792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div><div class="embed-wrapper twitter"><div class="embed-twitter"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">people should donate whatever they want, but man &#8230; virgil abloh really just donated 11% of one off-white belt <strong>pic.twitter.com/UCmHLxJh0A</strong></p><p>&mdash; Derek Guy (@dieworkwear) <a href="https://twitter.com/dieworkwear/status/1267359954110840832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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