Virgil Abloh
Designer, entrepreneur, Music Producer and DJ
Chief Executive Officer of Off-White he founded in 2013.
The first American of African descent to be artistic director at a French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton’s men’s wear collection since March 2018.
Abloh was listed as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2018, Abloh collaborated with Ikea for a furniture line named Markerad which was a crisp and clean design.March 25, 2018, Abloh was named artistic director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear ready wear line, marking him the first person of African descent to lead the brand’s menswear line, as well as one of the few black designers at the helm of a major French fashion house. Upon his acceptance of the position, he stated, “It is an honor for me to accept this position. I find the heritage and creative integrity of the house are key inspirations and will look to reference them both while drawing parallels to modern times”.Abloh showed his first collection for Louis Vuitton at the 2018 Men’s Fashion Week at the Palais-Royal gardens in Paris. Rihanna was the first person to wear Abloh before the show. Playboi Carti, Steve Lacy, A$AP Nast, Dev Hynes, and Kid Cudi walked for the fashion show.Abloh has since been in high demand for his designs, creating an original outfit designed for Serena Williams to wear throughout the 2018 US Open, a collaboration with Nike. On June 5, 2018, Virgil Abloh released a special collaboration with the luggage manufacturer Rimowa, a transparent suitcase in limited edition. In March 2019, Abloh collaborated with Ikea to start making furniture for millennials, ranging from cabinets, rugs, coffee tables, and chairs. Abloh has incorporated different elements of style, such as his quotation marks around certain words and putting it on different articles of clothing, and in this case different types of furniture.Abloh created a “Door Stop Interruption” on a chair by adding a doorstop on one of the chair legs to make it elevated. One of Abloh’s most popular items is the Frakta Bag. It is beige with the text “SCULPTURE” imprinted on the side.[Virgil teamed up with SSENSE to release a workout collection on March 29, 2019 . This collection contains a variety of workout clothes ranging from; matching leggings and sports bras, athletic sweaters and crop tops. This collection incorporates some of Virgil’s signature designs by including the Off-White yellow sign wrapping around the waist of the pants and bottom of the sports bras.Virgil also includes a three-dimensional addition of his four-way arrows, creating a cross, on the front of the tops and pants.
In 2019, Abloh was appointed to the board of directors of The Council of Fashion Designers of America. The council seeks to promote the American fashion industry.
Abloh created a custom Off-White gown and veil for Hailey Bieber’s wedding day. On the veil, he included his famous quotation marks design around the words “till death do us part.