The Virgil Abloh Archive And Nike Are Opening An Exhibit During Paris Fashion Week

Matt Varga July 16, 2025

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Of the myriad ways that losing Virgil Abloh to a battle with cancer was heart-wrenching, his boundary-breaking relationship with Beaverton is one whose absence we still feel years later. While trickles of his work with the Swoosh and Jumpman trickled out following his unfortunate passing, restarting the relationship has been a constant off-and-on story since the last earnest drop in 2023. If leaks and early information is to be trusted, the partnership’s new start date will come towards the tail end of 2025, and Parisians will be treated to a career-spanning retrospective in the lead-up.

Indeed, the Virgil Abloh estate has just announced a Paris Fashion Week exhibition titled “Virgil Abloh: The Codes,” co-presented by Nike and taking place at the historic Grand Palais museum complex. While Abloh’s legacy of designs included in the Virgil Abloh Archive spans nearly 20,000 physical objects, the fall exhibition still threatens to be one of the most extensive to date, placing almost a thousand distinct pieces back in the fore.

Speaking to the ultimate goal of the Parisian event, former Abloh assistant and current multi-hyphenate within his estate Athiththan Selvendran shares: “It’s his whole journey, and we want to make sure that people remember and see and are able to be present within that world of what he created. The power that [his work] has is for everyone—any single person who has some sort of creative energy.”

Though footwear encompasses just a small slice of Abloh’s ouevre, there’s little doubt that this will double as a launching pad for the expected Holiday releases under his name. Both his Swoosh and Jumpman relationships are expected to resume via releases of the Off-White Air Force 1 “Sesame” and a new Off-White Air Jordan 1. Supporting this theory is the fact that the last time Nike embarked on a similar journey, co-sponsoring the 2022 Virgil Abloh: The Codes c/o Architecture show in Miami, the signature Nike Terra Forma was very much in the spotlight.

The Paris show will run from September 20th through October 10th at Paris’ Grand Palais. The exhibition is expected to be open to the public. Though obviously the offerings are tightly under wraps, get a reminder of what the Virgil Abloh estate and Nike had in store for the aforementioned Miami Art Week 2022 showcase.

: Virgil Abloh: The Codes c/o Architecture exhibition in Miami Deezen

: Virgil Abloh: The Codes c/o Architecture exhibition in Miami Deezen

: Virgil Abloh: The Codes c/o Architecture exhibition in Miami Deezen

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Matt Varga, Junior Editor

Matt Varga is an Editor at SneakerNews. Initially earning a degree in Video Arts and Technology, he got his start in video editing and writing in the music world — primarily on hip-hop and electronic. A long-standing interest in sneakers led him to switching over to footwear. An avid collector, his favorite sneaker of all time comes down to either the Air Jordan 1 “Black Toe” and Air Jordan 5 “Laney,” his first ever pick-ups. When he’s not writing, you can find Matt cooking, traveling, attending concerts and when weather permits, on the handball court.