Virgil Abloh
Fashion designer and Kanye West's long-time creative director.
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Virgil Abloh (September 30, 1980 – November 28, 2021) was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. A trained architect, Abloh founded his own line of luxury streetwear clothing under the moniker Pyrex Vision in 2012, which he transformed into the Milan based fashion label Off-White in 2013. Abloh was appointed artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection beginning in 2018 and was given increased creative responsibilities across the LVMH brand in early 2021. Abloh worked in Chicago street fashion before he entered the world of international fashion with an internship at Fendi in 2009, alongside American rapper Kanye West. Abloh assumed the role of creative director at Donda, West's creative agency in 2010.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 30 September 1980
- Birthplace
- Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- 28 November 2021
- Place of death
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Education
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (BS), Illinois Institute of Technology (MArch)
- Occupation
- Designer
- entrepreneur
- disc jockey
- Years active
- 2009–2021
- Spouse
- Shannon Sundberg (2009)
Lore & Background
Abloh first met West while working on his designs at a Chicago print shop, and in 2009 the two interned at Fendi in the same class. A year later West made him creative director of his creative agency, Donda, and in 2011 asked him to be artistic director for Watch the Throne, West's collaborative album with Jay-Z; the album's cover art earned Abloh a Grammy nomination for Best Recording Package. His album-art work also includes West's Yeezus.
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