say yes or no, and i'm gonna say yes, i'm gonna show up on time, i'm going to do my best, and then that's gonna lead to some other opportunities and i hope that through my narrative people see that in themselves, that anything is achievable and the different genres arejust made to bejumped over. that is virgil abloh speaking to the bbc two years ago. alex frank — culture writer and editor and contributor of vogue.com told me more about his life and career. total trailblazer. virgil was a kid from chicago. he grew up in chicago. you know, people like him don't often become the heads of major fashion luxury groups in paris and virgil did. i think it took an enormous leap of imagination and faith and determination to get where he ended up. what was it then, in a sense, apart from him as a character, clearly he's got charisma. what was it in his cv that took him to that height and in that direction?