{"id":1062847,"date":"2021-11-28T19:44:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T00:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062847"},"modified":"2021-11-28T19:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T00:44:31","slug":"virgil-abloh-fashion-designer-who-collaborated-with-kanye-west-dies-of-cancer-at-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virgil-abloh-fashion-designer-who-collaborated-with-kanye-west-dies-of-cancer-at-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgil Abloh, Fashion Designer Who Collaborated with Kanye West, Dies of Cancer at 41"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirgil-abloh-fashion-designer-who-collaborated-with-kanye-west-dies-of-cancer-at-41%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062847&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Designer Virgil Abloh, a leading fashion executive hailed as the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died of cancer. He was 41.<\/p>\n<p>Abloh\u2019s death was announced Sunday by the luxury group LVMH (Louis Vuitton Mo\u00ebt Hennessy) and the Off-White label, the haute street wear brand Abloh founded in 2013. Abloh was the artistic director for Louis Vuitton\u2019s menswear.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_17143616\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/virgil-abloh-is-black-american-creative-director-of-top-french-fashion-house-afp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17143616 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/virgil-abloh-is-black-american-creative-director-of-top-french-fashion-house-afp.jpg\" alt=\"AFP\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>AFP Photo<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are all shocked after this terrible news. Virgil was not only a genius designer, a visionary, he was also a man with a beautiful soul and great wisdom,\u201d Bernard Arnault, chairman and chief executive of LVMH, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from Abloh\u2019s family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CW1FDd4oXan\/\">on the designer\u2019s Instagram account<\/a> said Abloh was diagnosed two years ago with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer in which a tumor occurs in the heart.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe chose to endure his battle privately since his diagnosis in 2019, undergoing numerous challenging treatments, all while helming several significant institutions that span fashion, art, and culture,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Abloh became the first Black artistic director of men\u2019s wear at Louis Vuitton in the French design house\u2019s storied history. A first generation Ghanaian American whose seamstress mother taught him to sew, Abloh had no formal fashion training but had a degree in engineering and a master\u2019s in architecture.<\/p>\n<p>Abloh, who grew up in Chicago, was often referred to as a Renaissance man in the fashion world. He moonlighted as a DJ. But in a short time, he emerged as one of fashion\u2019s most heralded designers. Abloh called himself \u201ca maker.\u201d He was named one of <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/most-influential-people-2018\/5238167\/virgil-abloh\/\">Time magazine\u2019s most influential people in 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2009, Abloh met Kanye West \u2014 now called Ye \u2014 while he was working at a screen-printing store. After he and Ye interned together at the LVMH brand Fendi, Abloh was Ye\u2019s creative director. Abloh was art director for the 2011 Ye-Jay-Z album \u201cWatch the Throne,\u201d for which Abloh was nominated for a Grammy.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Behind the Scenes with Virgil Abloh, Kanye West&#039;s Style Adviser\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wrbOlQUq_ME?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Abloh\u2019s work with West served as a blueprint for future border-crossing collaborations that married high and low. With Nike, he partnered his Off-White label for a line of frenzy-inducing sneakers remixed with a variety of styles and Helvetica fonts. Abloh also designed furniture for IKEA, refillable bottles for Evian and Big Mac cartons for McDonald\u2019s. His work was exhibited at the Louvre, the Gagosian and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Abloh is survived by his wife Shannon Abloh and his children, Lowe and Grey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Designer Virgil Abloh, a leading fashion executive hailed as the Karl Lagerfeld of his generation, has died of cancer. He was 41. 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