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Designer and Founder of Off-White, Virgil Abloh, Died at 41

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A post from his verified Instagram account announced that Virgil Abloh, the acclaimed Louis Vuitton and Off-White designer, died Sunday from cancer. He was 41.

Mr Abloh transformed not only the meaning of fashion but what brands look for in designers as well, transcending hypebeast culture and the luxury world.

KAMPALA | LIFESTYLE UGANDA ( http://lifestyleuganda.com/) — After a two-year battle with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare cancer, Virgil Abloh, the groundbreaking Black designer who ruled the traditional luxury industry, died in Chicago on Sunday. He was 41. His death has been confirmed by his family.

  • Virgil Abloh, the founder of Off-White and artistic director of Louis Vuitton, dies of cancer at 41.
  • In rap, Aboh is known for designing cover art for albums by Kanye West, Jay-Z, and others.
  • Abloh also designed the covers for Pop Smoke, Westside Gunn, Octavian and Lil Uzi Vert.
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According to an announcement on his official Instagram page, he died of cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare form of the disease. He was the creative director of Louis Vuitton and Off-White.

The creative director of Louis Vuitton men’s wear, as well as the founder of his brand, Off-White, Mr Abloh, was a fashion theorist whose expansive and sometimes controversial approach to design was comparable to Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons.

By bridging the gap between hypebeast culture and the luxury world, Virgil Abloh reinvented not just what consumers wanted to wear, but what brands wanted in a designer – and the very definition of “fashion.”.

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He was a master of using irony, reference, and the self-aware wink (plus the digital world) to re-contextualize the familiar and give it a far more salient cultural role.

His design work for the covers of Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Lil Uzi Vert, Octavian, pop Smoke, Westside Gunn and others made him a highly visible figure in the rap world.

Abloh has worked closely with West before becoming a designer. In an interview, West said of Abloh: “I have all these ideas and Virgil is able to make them happen because he is a true architect.”

As a rapper, West said of Abloh: “I have all these ideas, and Virgil is the architect who can take my ideas and make them reality.”

Following news that Virgil Abloh died of cancer, celebrities are sharing tributes on Twitter.

My heart is broken

Virgil you were a kind, generous, thoughtful creative genius

your work as a human and your work as a spiritual being will live forever

Sending love and light to your wife, children, family and day ones

you’re with the Master now, shine

🙏🏾,
P

— Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) November 28, 2021

Rest in Power @virgilabloh … gone too soon but your legacy lives on. Stretched culture & the changed the game. Thank you for all you did to support so many & how you pushed us to reimagine what’s possible 🤍

— Riz Ahmed (@rizwanahmed) November 28, 2021

Too soon Virgil. You will be missed from this world man.

— Idris Elba (@idriselba) November 28, 2021

RIP Virgil Abloh , you will be missed.
It was an honor to work with you. A true creative genius.

— 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) November 28, 2021

I’m so so saddened and devastated to hear about the passing of our dear friend Virgil Abloh. I’m sending all of my love and prayers to his beautiful family. You are an angel @virgilabloh and we love you… 💔🙏💔🙏❤️ pic.twitter.com/AWReH9gqFW

— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) November 28, 2021

RIP Virgil a legend and icon. Life way too short 😞🙏🏾

— Soulja Boy (Draco) (@souljaboy) November 28, 2021
https://twitter.com/Kehlani/status/1465031245625274372

this one hurts so bad, RIP Virgil 🕯

— kaytra-NADA (@KAYTRANADA) November 28, 2021

So sad to hear about passing of Virgil Abloh an inspiration to so many and of course an inspiration me. Sending my love to his loved ones

— FINNEAS (@finneas) November 28, 2021

This article is supported by Makeup Store Uganda, a Cosmetics Store in Kampala with original makeup products from Europe. They are located at Equatorial shopping mall, level 2 shop no 272, and you may contact them via WhatsApp at +256793851784 or by phone at +256789436581.

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