The V.A.A. x Air Jordan 1 World’s Fair Rollout Heads to Tokyo for a fragment Collab

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  • After debuting the limited edition t-shirt collaboration series with the help of Awake NY, Corteiz, and Pablo T-Shirt Factory, the next stop on the V.A.A. World’s Fair itinerary is Tokyo, Japan, where legendary designer Hiroshi Fujiwara’s fragment design will lend a hand on the latest clothing capsule.
  • Taking place at a pop-up location in the Shibuya neighborhood that used to be a cafe where Abloh and Fujiwara first met, the World’s Fair Tokyo programming will run for four days.
  • The V.A.A. World’s Fair Tokyo pop-up will be open from March 28 to March 30, 2026.

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fragment design x V.A.A. T-Shirts and Pop-Up for AJ 1 High
fragment design x V.A.A. T-Shirts and Pop-Up for AJ 1 High

Virgil Abloh Archives and Jordan have taken a painstaking approach to bringing back the Alaska colorway from Virgil’s Off-White collab collection with an eye towards the late designer’s legacy, life, and design family. In addition to the shoes, the project debuted the Virgil Reader design notebook and a World’s Fair activation series traveling the globe to lock in with some of Abloh’s favorite designers.

After debuting the limited edition t-shirt collaboration series with the help of Awake NY, Corteiz, and Pablo T-Shirt Factory, the next stop on the V.A.A. World’s Fair itinerary is Tokyo, Japan, where legendary designer Hiroshi Fujiwara’s fragment design will lend a hand on the latest clothing capsule.

fragment design x V.A.A. T-Shirts and Pop-Up for AJ 1 High
fragment design x V.A.A. T-Shirts and Pop-Up for AJ 1 High

Taking place at a pop-up location in the Shibuya neighborhood that used to be a cafe where Abloh and Fujiwara first met, the World’s Fair Tokyo programming will run for four days, with a release of the Virgil Reader and clothing collection on one day and the Air Jordan 1 collab drop the next. Each raffle will be separate.

The V.A.A. World’s Fair Tokyo pop-up will be open from March 28 to March 30, 2026, with the T-shirt and Reader raffle held on Saturday and the sneaker release on Sunday. For all the latest V.A.A. x Jordan news and drop info, download the Sole Retriever App.

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