By JENNA MITCHELL
Staff Writer
Virgil Abloh, on November 28, 2021, passed away in Chicago after a two-year battle with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare cancer. Abloh was a barrier-breaking designer of the brands Louis Vuitton men’s wear and the founder of his own brand, Off-White. He also collaborated with other brands such as Nike and Evian. Not only did he bring what consumers wanted to wear, but what brands wanted in a designer. Just last July, he was promoted to a new position within LVMH that would allow him to work with 75 brands, making him the most powerful colored executive in the most powerful luxury group in the world. Not only did he study fashion he also studied civil engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a master’s degree in architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He was a man with a beautiful soul and great wisdom.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/style/virgil-abloh-dead.html