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Virgil Abloh (September 30, 1980 - November 28, 2021)
Virgil Abloh, Founder of the Off-White fashion label and Louis Vuitton’s artistic director has died from cancer aged 41.
The fashion maverick redefined the idea of the modern fashion designer, adding DJ, artist and furniture designer to his creative arsenal.
After training as an architect, he started designing clothes in 2012. His first design, a screenprint on a Ralph Lauren rugby shirt, set the tone for his future work: a postmodern art stunt cum fashion piece.
Collaborating with everyone from Nike to Ikea, Perrier and Mercedes-Benz, he took fashion into arenas where it had not gone before, cross-pollinating it with other fields.
He was also a hugely visible figure in rap, designing the album covers for Kanye West and Jay-Z’s joint album Watch the Throne, as well as West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy among others and covers for Pop Smoke, Westside Gunn, Octavian, Lil Uzi Vert, A$ap Rocky…
Virgil was diagnosed with cardiac angiosarcoma - a rare, aggressive form of cancer - in 2019, but did not make the diagnosis public.
“You gave the world so much, in so little time.
Thank you for sharing your gift with us.”
Our heartfelt condolences to Shannon, Grey & Lowe
Rest in Power, Virgil.
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