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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. He began his own line of luxury streetwear clothing, Pyrex Vision, in 2012, and became the chief executive officer of the Milan-based label Off-White, a fashion house he founded in 2013. Abloh was also the artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection beginning in 2018, and was given increased creative responsibilities across the LVMH brand in early 2021.A trained architect, Abloh, who also worked in Chicago street fashion, entered the world of international fashion with an internship at Fendi in 2009, alongside American rapper Kanye West. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virgil Abloh has received more than 8,788,469 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Virgil Abloh is the 62nd most popular designer (up from 83rd in 2019), the 4,852nd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,510th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Designer.

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  • 27

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  • 2.93

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Virgil Abloh ranks 62 out of 86. Before him are Paul Rand, Kaj Franck, Domenico Dolce, Louis Majorelle, Hans Wegner, and Milena Canonero. After him are Storm Thorgerson, Ruth St. Denis, Laura Ashley, Stefano Gabbana, Piero Tosi, and Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Virgil Abloh ranks 44. Before him are Jordana Brewster, Jo Jung-suk, Kim Tae-hee, Seydou Keita, Kate Ryan, and Ben Whishaw. After him are William Levy, Emre Belözoğlu, Angelos Charisteas, Diego Lugano, Jesse Jane, and Natalia Poklonskaya. Among people deceased in 2021, Virgil Abloh ranks 357. Before him are Jean-Pierre Bacri, Sanpei Shirato, Giuseppe Rotunno, Jozef Vengloš, József Csatári, and John Madden. After him are Colin Bell, Henry Darrow, Barry Harris, Lester Bird, Walter Taibo, and Tormod Knutsen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Virgil Abloh ranks 4,852 out of 18,182. Before him are Vincent Gigante (1928), Murray Leinster (1896), Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), Charles Hallahan (1943), Virginia Rappe (1895), and Tony Randall (1920). After him are Tammi Terrell (1945), Vanessa del Rio (1952), Gregory Hoblit (1944), Jimmy Reed (1925), Fred Kelly (1891), and Frederick Lorz (1884).

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Among DESIGNERS In United States

Among designers born in United States, Virgil Abloh ranks 7. Before him are Steve Jobs (1955), Iris Apfel (1921), Betsy Ross (1752), Syd Mead (1933), Milton Glaser (1929), and Paul Rand (1914). After him are Ruth St. Denis (1879), Alan Freed (1921), Colleen Atwood (1948), Ollie Johnston (1912), Norman Bel Geddes (1893), and Marc Davis (1913).

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