The Louis Vuitton and Nike collaboration will open for bidding on January 26.
Proceeds from the auction will go to Abloh's Post-Modern Scholarship Fund, which he launched in July 2020 in order to provide scholarships and ongoing career-support services to students of Black, African-American, or African descent.A free public exhibition at Sotheby's New York will also display the special edition sneakers and pilot case from January 19 to February 8.
Meanwhile, Louis Vuitton will also open an exhibition featuring the original 47 pairs from Abloh's final collection, with details to be announced at a later date. The exhibition will precede a commercial launch of Abloh's Louis Vuitton and Nike Air Force 1s, in which the house will exclusively sell limited quantities of pairs in different colorways than those that were auctioned.
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