Virgil Abloh

Birth : 1980-09-30, Rockford, Illinois, USA

Death : 2021-11-28

History

Virgil Abloh was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. He was 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. Abloh began his own line of streetwear clothing, Pyrex Vision, in 2012, and became the CEO of the Milan-based label Off-White, a fashion house he founded in 2013.

Profile

Movies

Virgil Was Here

Creative Director

In loving memory of Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton pays tribute to the life and legacy of a creative genius with a presentation of his Spring-Summer 2022 Collection in Miami on November 30th at 5:30 pm (ET).

Entergalactic

Costume Designer

Ambitious artist Jabari attempts to balance success and love when he moves into his dream Manhattan apartment and falls for his next-door neighbor.

Sub Eleven Seconds

Executive Producer

A rumination on time, loss, and hope, Sub Eleven Seconds is a poetic imagining of the quest of Sha'Carri Richardson — a young track and field athlete — to achieve her dream of qualifying for the Olympic Games.

Amen Break

Writer

A dystopian world filled with polar opposites seeks to find harmony through common threads.

Amen Break

Director

A dystopian world filled with polar opposites seeks to find harmony through common threads.

Peculiar Contrast, Perfect Light

Director

My Blackest self, whose whitest death, is luxury. I am no stranger anymore. The world is love to me.

Colette, Mon Amour

2017. Rue Saint Honoré, Paris. Colette, the concept store that has revolutionized trends and pop culture for 20 years, is closing. At the peak of its success and influence. Colette closes its doors, just as it opened them in 1997. Why this sudden decision? All the greatest creators and artists are there, alongside Colette’s faithful team, to share their memories of the Parisian concept shop and its effect on the fashion industry and youth culture.

Paris Is for Lovers

Himself

During the 16 minutes film, we get an insight into his aesthetic vision and follow Viktor Vauthier on his everyday life. The documentary also features Virgil Abloh, his big love Ella, Alex Olson and many more.

Runaway

Creative Consultant

A man falls in love with a half-woman-half-phoenix who fell to Earth from the sky.

"TEMPERATURE"

OFF-WHITE has released a documentary covering its SS18 collection show at Pitti Uomo and “ANOTHER FIRST SHOW” installation at the EM PTY GALLERY in New York. Directed by NO TEXT, the hour-long documentary begins with a behind-the-scenes look at the label’s “TEMPERATURE” show in Florence, highlighting the brand’s casting decisions and early fashion sketches.