The man behind the magic. Today we will be examining the profile of Virigl Abloh the man behind the creation of Off-White, Lead Designer at Louis Vuitton for Men, and Disc Jockey for Hip-Hops elite.
I have been following Virgil Abloh for sometime now just because I’m a Kanye fan and to even go into one of his stores in Dubai was like walking through an American dream almost. I have the utmost respect for him and his art. I hope you will as well, I welcome you to Virgil Abloh.
Virgil Abloh was born in Rockford IL 1980, his parents were immigrants from Ghana with his mother being a seamstress and his father painter. This laid the groundwork that their son was going to create something special with combining the two. Virgil went on to college in UW-Madison to pursue a degree in civil engineering and graduated in 2002. He then received his Masters in Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in 2006. There he met the man that would change Virgil’s career forever. Reem Koolhass, a dutch Architect who gave Virgil interest in fashion. From that point forward Virgil has been apart of the fashion landscape and came across Kanye when working on his earlier designs. This created a friendship that both would use to create a better world for music and the grey space in between colors. Off-White.
Here are some pictures of Virigl Abloh creating art. From Music to Fashion.
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