Kanye West’s designer bestie Virgil Abloh has made it to the finalist circle for the 2015 LVMH Prize. On May 22, the Off-White, designer along with his fellow finalists, will show their final collection at the Paris’ Fondation Louis Vuitton to be judged by an array of fashion industry elites. The winner will win €300,000 and a year of mentorship from LVMH executives.

Check out the full list of LVMH Prize Finalists below:

Arthur Arbesser

Coperni, by Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant

Craig Green

Faustine Steinmetz

Jacquemus, by Simon Porte Jacquemus

Marques’ Almeida, by Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida

Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh, by Virgil Abloh

Vetements, by Demna Gvasalia

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Photo courtesy of Virgil Abloh.

By now, every Kanye fan knows what to expect at a KW show. The WTT shows and now his Revel shows are benchmarks for anything visual West puts out. Big shoes to fill for the next gig, Kanye! His creative partner, Virgil Abloh, will help him out though. This shit is epic!

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Something is brewing in the A$AP camp. Rocky‘s album is around the corner so it’s only right the crew hits the streets to touch the people. The crew only knows one way though and that’s 100% original. The vehicle seen above is the ASAP Tank. As Virgil Abloh puts it, the tank is used for guerilla marketing. It also serves as a pop up shop for all the merch Abloh/DONDA designed. Shouts to asapferg‘s instagram for the flick.

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Virgil Abloh snapped this gem at Lollapalooza a few weeks ago. Besides Biggie’s “Whoever thought hip-hop would take it this far” line and another one comes to mind. That line is Big Sean’s “White girls go GaGa.” Shouts to Keef. The white girls are feeling you. Bang, bang.

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