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Virgil Abloh

1980 - 2021

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Virgil Abloh (; September 30, 1980 – November 28, 2021) was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. A trained architect, Abloh founded his own line of luxury streetwear clothing under the moniker Pyrex Vision in 2012, which he transformed into the Milan based fashion label Off-White in 2013. Abloh was appointed artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection beginning in 2018 and was given increased creative responsibilities across the LVMH brand in early 2021. Abloh worked in Chicago street fashion before he entered the world of international fashion with an internship at Fendi in 2009, alongside American rapper Kanye West. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Virgil Abloh is the 89th most popular designer (down from 87th in 2019), the 10,736th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,511th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Designer.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Virgil Abloh ranks 89 out of 104Before him are Yvonne Blake, Marc Davis, Chiara Ferragni, Abdulaziz al-Omari, Philipp Plein, and Tony Esposito. After him are Matthew Carter, Fumito Ueda, Jean Louis, Yusaku Maezawa, Luc Luycx, and Jenny Beavan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Virgil Abloh ranks 201Before him are Sébastien Squillaci, Lee Eun-ju, Hugo Campagnaro, Sherine, Gauge, and Ippei Saga. After him are Margarita Levieva, Wilmer Valderrama, Lene Marlin, Katee Sackhoff, Murat Boz, and Anna Chlumsky. Among people deceased in 2021, Virgil Abloh ranks 583Before him are Lars-Göran Petrov, Ignacio Achúcarro, Vicente Cantatore, Jean-Denis Bredin, Djibril Tamsir Niane, and Padma Sachdev. After him are Gert Blomé, Paul Mariner, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Valery Garkalin, Conn Findlay, and Umberto Colombo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Virgil Abloh ranks 10,738 out of 20,380Before him are Parker Stevenson (1952), Boyd Holbrook (1981), Cherie Currie (1959), Florence Turner (1885), Richard Speight Jr. (1969), and Bob Bradley (1958). After him are Tracy McGrady (1979), Kimmy Robertson (1954), Ken Burns (1953), Erin Heatherton (1989), Chris Broderick (1970), and Barbara Bush (1981).

Among DESIGNERS In United States

Among designers born in United States, Virgil Abloh ranks 13Before him are Ruth St. Denis (1879), Alan Freed (1921), Ollie Johnston (1912), Norman Bel Geddes (1893), Colleen Atwood (1948), and Marc Davis (1913). After him are Betsey Johnson (1942), Kate Spade (1962), Cliff Bleszinski (1975), and Hank Green (1980).