Celebrities express their condolences at the passing of Virgil Abloh
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BTS, Riz Ahmed, Venus Williams, and Lenny Kravitz were some of the celebrities who mourned Virgil Abloh's passing.
Louis Vuitton artistic director Virgil Abloh passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer, and tributes from celebrities who worked with or admired the designer poured in immediately.
Musicians, athletes, and actors all expressed their sadness at the death of the Off-White founder, who was also the first person of African descent to head the iconic fashion house's menswear line.
Pop supergroup BTS, who were wearing Louis Vuitton during the American Music Awards, tweeted that Virgil was a “true creative genius” and that it was an “honor” to work with him.
RIP Virgil Abloh , you will be missed.
-- 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) November 28, 2021
It was an honor to work with you. A true creative genius.
Meanwhile, actor Riz Ahmed described Virgil as someone who “stretched culture” and “changed the game.”
Rest in Power @virgilabloh … gone too soon but your legacy lives on. Stretched culture & the changed the game. Thank you for all you did to support so many & how you pushed us to reimagine what's possible 🤍
-- Riz Ahmed (@rizwanahmed) November 28, 2021
Lenny Kravitz also asserted that Virgil Abloh had left an “indelible mark” on the world.
#VirgilAbloh. 1980-2021. Rest in Power, King. You made an indelible mark on this world. pic.twitter.com/2ocvD2BBZ3
-- Lenny Kravitz (@LennyKravitz) November 28, 2021
Meanwhile, Venus Williams wrote a lengthy post about the designer on her Instagram account, calling him an inspiration and declaring that she loves him, “always have and always will.”
Even rival fashion houses offered their condolences, with the Gucci Twitter account calling Virgil an “immense inspiration” that will be “deeply missed.”
We would like to extend our most heartfelt condolences to the loved ones of Virgil Abloh, an immense inspiration to us all both as a designer and as a person. He will be deeply missed though his vision will live on through the trails that he blazed throughout his career. pic.twitter.com/T8gXyNkJzH
-- gucci (@gucci) November 28, 2021
In a statement it put out on its Twitter account, Louis Vuitton revealed that Virgil had been privately battling cancer for several years now. Bernard Arnault, the CEO of LVMH, called Virgil a “genius designer and a visionary.”
LVMH, Louis Vuitton and Off White are devastated to announce the passing of Virgil Abloh, on Sunday, November 28th, of cancer, which he had been battling privately for several years. pic.twitter.com/9JkyCcBYXm
-- Louis Vuitton (@LouisVuitton) November 28, 2021
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