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VIRGIL ABLOAH KANYE.pdf
- 1. HOW VIRGIL ABLOAH KANYE WEST APPRENTICE SURPASSED HIS MENTOR
- 2. MAKE SURE TO SAVE IT BEFORE YOU BEGIN
- 3. IN 2007, THE FOUNDER OF POPULAR FASHION BRAND OFF-WHITE AND THE MEN'S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT LOUIS VUITTON VIRGIL ABLOAH SAID TO BRILLIANCE, “I AM ALL ABOUT CHAMPIONING THIS NEW ERA OF DESIGNERS BECOMING THE NEW ROCK STARS.”
- 4. AND WHEN WE LOOK BACK, VIRGIL ABLOH HAD RISEN THROUGH THE PAINSTAKING RANKS OF THE FASHION INDUSTRY AND DONE EXACTLY THAT. AND EVEN AFTER PASSING ON NOVEMBER 28 OF 2021, FROM CARDIAC ANGIOSARCOMA, A RARE FORM OF CANCER, HIS LEGACY STILL LIVES ON.
- 5. ABLOH WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 30 1980 OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO AND WAS RAISED BY GHANAIAN PARENTS. HE AND HIS SISTER WERE RAISED IN NEARBY ROCKFORD WHERE VIRGIL ATTENDED THE BOYLAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED IN 1998. HIS MOTHER WAS A SEAMSTRESS AND TAUGHT VIRGIL THE TRICKS OF HER TRADE.
- 6. HE WAS OBSESSED WITH FASHION, ART AND DESIGN FROM A YOUNG AGE AND SO IN 2002, HE COMPLETED COLLEGE WITH A DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON. SOON AFTER, HE WAS OFFICIALLY WORKING WITH KANYE WEST.
- 7. IN ROME IN 2009, ABLOH AND WEST BECAME INTERNS AT FENDI WHERE LOUIS VUITTON CEO RECALLS THEM BEING DISRUPTIVE IN THE BEST WAYS. AND IN 2010, ABLOH OFFICIALLY ASSUMED THE ROLE OF CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT DONDA, WEST’S CREATIVE AGENCY.
- 8. HIS NAME WAS FAST RISING BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING YEAR (2011) ABLOH ART DIRECTED THE ALBUM WATCH THE THRONE BY JAY-Z AND WEST, AN ACHIEVEMENT THAT EARNED HIM A GRAMMY NOMINATION. THE ALBUM COVER WAS DESIGNED BY RICCARDO TISCI, THEN THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF GIVENCHY, A ROLE ABLOH WAS RUMORED TO BE UP FOR AFTER TISCI’S DEPARTURE IN 2017.
- 9. AND FINALLY, IN 2012, ABLOH BEGAN TO MAKE HIS OWN MOVES AND LAUNCHED HIS FIRST BRAND, PYREX VISION, IN NEW YORK. WELL THIS MOVE WAS SUCCESSFUL AND QUITE SIMPLE. ALL HE DID WAS PURCHASE DEADSTOCK RALPH LAUREN FLANNEL SHIRTS FOR UNDER $50, AND SCREEN PRINTED THEM WITH THE WORD PYREX AND THE NUMBER 23, WHICH WAS IN HONOR OF MICHAEL JORDAN THEN SOLD FOR $550 EACH.
- 10. AND IN 2014, HE OPENED A WOMENSWEAR LINE FOR OFF-WHITE AND BEGAN SHOWING HIS MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COLLECTIONS DURING PARIS FASHION WEEK. AND EVEN IN HIS DEATH, VIRGIL HAS DISRUPTED THE FASHION WORLD WITH HIS UNIQUE TASTE AND EXPRESSION OF IDEAS.