Virgil Abloh Cause of Death
Virgil Abloh was diagnosed with cardiac angiosarcoma, but he chose to hide the news to himself. On November 28, 2021, he died of cancer. He was 41 years old at the time of his death.
Virgil Abloh Net Worth
Virgil Abloh’s died with an estimated net worth of $14 million.
Who is Virgil Abloh?
Virgil Abloh was a fashion designer, DJ, and entrepreneur from the United States. He was the creator and CEO of Off White, a fashion label based in Milan. Virgil Abloh was born on September 30, 1980, in Rockford, Illinois, in the United States.
Virgil Abloh Education Background
In 1998, Virgil Abloh graduated from Boylan Catholic High School. In 2002, he earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
In 2006, he earned a master’s degree in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology .
Virgil Abloh Spouse
In 2009, Virgil Abloh married Shannon Sundberg-Abloh. Their couple has produced two children. Virgil Abloh was born in Ghana to Ghanaian parents. His father had a painting firm, and his mother worked as a seamstress.
Virgil Abloh Career
As a child, Virgil Abloh developed an interest in fashion design. His mother, a seamstress, taught him how to sew. While studying architecture, Virgil Boykin designed T-shirts and blogged about fashion and design for The Brilliance, a well-known blog.
In 2009, Virgil Abloh interned at iconic fashion label Fendi with Kanye West.
While working with Kanye West, Virgil Abloh piqued the interest of Louis Vuitton CEO Michael Burke.
Don C, Abloh’s artistic partner, has opened a retail outlet in Chicago called the RSVP Gallery. The store became noted for providing a diverse range of trendy apparel, as well as for reflecting Abloh’s aesthetic in the store’s interior design.
Kanye West appointed Virgil Abloh as creative head of his creative agency, Donda, in 2011. He was also the artistic director for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s album Watch the Throne.
Virgil Abloh founded his first fashion label, Pyrex Vision, in 2012. He paid $40 for deadstock Ralph Lauren clothes, screen-printed graphics on them, and sold them for up to $550.
Virgil Abloh founded his first fashion label, Off White, in Milan, Italy in 2013. Beginning in Paris, the brand lead drew considerable attention to his clothing, which he subsequently expanded to China, Tokyo, Japan, and the United States.
In 2017, Virgil Abloh revamped a number of the company’s best-selling shoes, including Nike’s The Ten.
By 2018, Off White had surpassed Gucci as the world’s hottest label. He collaborated with IKEA, a Swedish furniture and tote bag manufacturer, to develop furniture and tote bags. It was launched in 2019 and was named Markerad, which is a Swedish word that means “clear-cut; sharp; spoken.”
Virgil Abloh collaborated with conceptual artist Jenny Holzer to create a collection that highlights the positive aspects of immigration, cultural integration, and globalization.
Virgil Abloh was appointed artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear ready-to-wear line in 2018, making him the brand’s first person of African ancestry to manage the menswear line.
In 2019, he was appointed to The Council of Fashion Designers of America’s board of directors.
LVMH Mot Hennessy Louis Vuitton announced in July 2021 that it will acquire a 60% ownership in Off-White, with creator Abloh, then the creative director of menswear for Louis Vuitton, keeping the remaining 40%.