Virgil Abloh

American fashion designer, entrepreneur, artist, and DJ Born: 30th September 1980 Rockford, Illinois, USA Died: 28th November 2021 Chicago, Illinois, USA Artistic director of Louis Vuitton's men's wear collection since March 2018 and chief executive officer of the Milan-based fashion label Off-White, which he founded in 2013. A trained architect, Abloh, who also worked in Chicago street fashion, entered the world of international fashion with a 6-month internship at Fendi in 2009 alongside rapper Kanye West. The two then began an artistic collaboration that would launch Abloh's career into founding Off-White. Abloh's interest in music led him to DJing beginning in his teens. He DJed at house parties throughout high school and college. He was influenced by DJ's like A-Trak, Benji B and Gilles Peterson. Over the years, Abloh gained recognition as a DJ and started playing shows internationally. He has played at Hi Ibiza and also at Tomorrowland's 2019 edition. Abloh released his first single "Orvnge" with German DJ/producer Boys Noize in January 2018. In June 2019, Abloh was named to a DJ residency at Wynn Las Vegas's XS Nightclub, with Wynn also agreeing to open an Off-White store. In May 2019 Pioneer, maker of DJ consoles, announced it's collaboration with Abloh in design of it's transparent CDJ-2000NXS2 and DJM-900NXS2 models. The consoles were displayed at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art in the Figures of Speech Exhibition.