Kanye and Virgil Abloh interned at Fendi for $500 monthly

Evidence

Following the VMA debacle, Kanye withdrew from the spotlight and started from the bottom in luxury fashion. Alongside Virgil Abloh, he moved to Italy to intern at Fendi, earning just $500 a month performing menial tasks like fetching coffee and making copies. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 363

Categorization

• SHARE: Someone following Virgil Abloh’s biography or the streetwear-to-luxury pipeline would savor the specificity of the Fendi internship wage.