Louis Vuitton Designer "Virgil Abloh" Dies Aged 41

Mon 29 Nov 2021 | 01:41 AM

Taarek Refaat

Louis Vuitton Star Designer Virgil Abloh died on Sunday in Chicago at the age of 41, after a two-year battle with cancer.

The American-born son of Ghanaian immigrants became fashion's most prominent Afro-American designer and creative mind behind Louis Vuitton's menswear collections.

[caption id="attachment_292753" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Virgil Abloh's Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2019 Runway[/caption]

Virgil Abloh was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. He was the artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection from 2018 until his death from cancer in 2021. Abloh was also the chief executive officer of the Milan-based label Off-White, a fashion house he founded in 2012.

Virgil Abloh's parents

Nee and Eunice Abloh met in the capital of Ghana Accra in the 1970s. They gave birth to Abloh on September 30, 1980 in a suburb outside of Chicago, after they moved to the U.S.

According to the New Yorker, Nee worked at a paint company and Eunice worked as a seamstress. Abloh was tought how to use a sewing machine by his mother at a young age, and his designing talents appeared, making unique T-shirts at the time.

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[caption id="attachment_292754" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] Louis Vuitton High-Top Trainers by Virgil Abloh[/caption]