Virgil Abloh Dead

Virgil Abloh, Off-White founder and Louis Vuitton artistic director, has died after a private battle with cancer.

He was 41.

His death was announced by LMVH, Louis Vitton's parent company.

“LVMH, Louis Vuitton and Off White are devastated to announce the passing of Virgil Abloh, on Sunday, November 28th, of cancer, which he had been battling privately for several years,” the post reads. “‘We 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.

“The LVHM family joins me in this moment of great sorrow, and we are all thinking of his loved ones, after the passing of their husband, their father, the brother or their friend.'

Abloh got his start when he scored a fashion internship with Fendi in 2002. Kanye West was also an intern at the time.

That would be the beginning of a long complicated relationship between the two.

Abloh,, was from Rockford, Illinois was the first-ever Black artistic director a french fashion house

RIP.