Virgil Abloh

Acting

Born: September 30, 1980

Birthplace: Rockford, Illinois, USA

Virgil Abloh was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. He was the 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 began his own line of streetwear clothing, Pyrex Vision, in 2012, and became the CEO of the Milan-based label Off-White, a fashion house he founded in 2013. On November 28, 2021, eleven days following the murder of his client and close friend, rapper Young Dolph, Abloh passed away at the age of 41 from angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer.