Two Virgil Abloh Sneakers - Off-White x Futura Dunk UNC and Louis Vuitton Air Force 1

Two sneakers born inside Virgil Abloh's closest circles, never released at retail and never intended to be. The first is the Dunk Low created with Futura Laboratories, presented during the Off-White Spring/Summer 2020 show in Paris: eight pairs in total were offered at auction in 2023, four in UNC and four in Syracuse, while the rest were given to skaters, friends and family. The second is a Friends & Family Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1 in baby blue, part of the eight-colourway series reserved for members of Abloh's personal circle.

The UNC Dunk carries the Carolina Blue palette that nods to the Be True to Your School Dunk series and to Michael Jordan, with the double lacing and Helvetica branding that define Abloh's vocabulary, Futura's abstract graphics, the FL heel logo and a silver Futura box with an orange Pelican case. The Air Force 1 pairs the classic Low silhouette with Louis Vuitton monogram-debossed and Damier leather made in Italy, a brilliant baby blue upper and white Swoosh and sole, finished with the exposed stitching of the Off-White language.

Both objects sit outside ordinary sneaker production: no commercial release, no restock, and a distribution limited to friends, family and charity auctions. For collectors this is the rarest tier of the Abloh catalogue, where provenance and the absence of retail supply carry more weight than any colourway chart.