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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVirgil Abloh: Off-White designer dies at 41
The fashion maverick, also creative head at Louis Vuitton, had been suffering from an aggressive form of cancer for two yearshttps://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/nov/28/virgil-abloh-off-white-designer-dies-at-41
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Just damn, one of my favourite designers, I have quite a few of his creations, both his own brand (Off-White) several of his LV pieces as well.
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Virgil Abloh: Off-White designer dies at 41 (Original Post)
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Lifestyle
Virgil Abloh, Vuitton designer and style visionary, dies at 41
By Travis M. Andrews
Yesterday at 2:44 p.m. EST | Updated yesterday at 5:10 p.m. EST
Correction: An earlier version of this story misreported the town where Virgil Abloh was born. He was born in Rockford, Ill., not Rockville, Ill. This story has been updated.
Virgil Abloh, the fashion designer who served as mens artistic director of Louis Vuitton and founded the Milan-based label Off-White, died Sunday. He was 41.
The announcement of his death, which was posted to his official Instagram page on Sunday afternoon, stated that for more than two years he had privately battled a rare, aggressive form of cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma.
Through it all, his work ethic, infinite curiosity, and optimism never wavered. Virgil was driven by his dedication to his craft and to his mission to open doors for others and create pathways for greater equality in art and design, the statement read. He often said, Everything I do is for the 17-year-old version of myself, believing deeply in the power of art to inspire future generations.
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Abloh was born in Rockford, Ill., on Sept. 30, 1980, to Ghanaian immigrant parents. He studied civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and earned his masters degree in architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Though he never officially studied design, his seamstress mother taught him the basics of the trade.
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Virgil Abloh, Vuitton designer and style visionary, dies at 41
By Travis M. Andrews
Yesterday at 2:44 p.m. EST | Updated yesterday at 5:10 p.m. EST
Correction: An earlier version of this story misreported the town where Virgil Abloh was born. He was born in Rockford, Ill., not Rockville, Ill. This story has been updated.
Virgil Abloh, the fashion designer who served as mens artistic director of Louis Vuitton and founded the Milan-based label Off-White, died Sunday. He was 41.
The announcement of his death, which was posted to his official Instagram page on Sunday afternoon, stated that for more than two years he had privately battled a rare, aggressive form of cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma.
Through it all, his work ethic, infinite curiosity, and optimism never wavered. Virgil was driven by his dedication to his craft and to his mission to open doors for others and create pathways for greater equality in art and design, the statement read. He often said, Everything I do is for the 17-year-old version of myself, believing deeply in the power of art to inspire future generations.
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Abloh was born in Rockford, Ill., on Sept. 30, 1980, to Ghanaian immigrant parents. He studied civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and earned his masters degree in architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Though he never officially studied design, his seamstress mother taught him the basics of the trade.
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