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An MCA exhibit on streetwear brought new crowds "Figures of Speech," the big exhibition at MCA Chicago celebrating the artistic output of Rockford raised, streetwear turned high fashion designer Virgil Abloh, is not like other art museum shows you might have seen. For one thing, the exhibit which will end Sunday with dazzling attendance figures is chockablock with consumer products: rugs Abloh designed for discount furniture giant Ikea, sneakers he crafted for Nike, album covers he conceptualized for Kanye West, clothing he made for his own fashion label Off White and for the big old line house Louis Vuitton, where in 2018 Abloh was hired to become menswear artistic director. There's even an Abloh store that is separate from the exhibition yet essential to it (and also separate from the main MCA museum shop). It is called "Church State," you can only enter it with an exhibition ticket, and in it you could drop close to $50 for a fluorescent green trucker cap