Fashion designer Virgil Abloh dies; a look at his life

[{"selector":"#anim-7724183d-61bf-41b9-92cb-0b398462a198","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a4b8d244-0085-4a9d-9fd0-76f150a016a6 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(12.514648210040342%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.14,.34,.47,.9)","fill":"forwards"}] Fashion designer Virgil Abloh dies; a look at his life (source: ap)

[{"selector":"#anim-2f0ab852-7638-40f1-b2c0-b8003330c86c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-662dd8cf-f415-4ded-8b0e-f3323ab55ca0","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(112.42423%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] (source: reuters) Fashion designer Virgil Abloh has died of cancer at the age of 41.

[{"selector":"#anim-ce04fa78-556b-4aa4-a427-beffaa4be14c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c03bf41b-d8b5-41d0-8b67-bc907db42b0b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(112.42423%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] (source: reuters) Abloh was the artistic director for Louis Vuitton’s menswear and founder of off-white label.

[{"selector":"#anim-767594db-1a96-4d99-a391-68e630b8afdb","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0fd94f8f-db4c-4ede-8ff3-1e15fa3c5796","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(112.42423%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] (source: reuters) Some compared him to Jeff Koons. Others hailed him as his generation’s Karl Lagerfeld, AP reported.

[{"selector":"#anim-9c672b29-7dcc-42cf-950f-49fa548ee93c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-38da0d32-545a-4a77-a3a5-a876c8783dff","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(112.42423%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] (source: reuters) Abloh was diagnosed two years ago with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer in which a tumor occurs in the heart.

[{"selector":"#anim-35999470-87a7-4cf8-9acd-5da4faf97c51","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3f3661e6-92dc-4a3c-9786-0b7b83c73b15","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(112.42423%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] (source: reuters) In 2018, Abloh became the first Black artistic director of men’s wear at Louis Vuitton in the French design house’s storied history.

[{"selector":"#anim-a15cd6b8-bfe5-45a0-89b4-0709cf920261","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2e9bc6f4-90f5-4e0f-82b9-73ba47e9dd73","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(112.42423%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] (source: reuters) Abloh was often referred to as a Renaissance man in the fashion world.

[{"selector":"#anim-d24158d9-780b-45e4-872c-f0d87d25f95d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-829c932c-146d-4303-9bb9-d958962bbd7d","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(112.42423%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] (source: reuters) Abloh had no formal fashion training but had a degree in engineering and a master’s in architecture.