 Streetwear wunderkind turned high fashion maven Virgil Abloh died Sunday after a private years-long battle with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare cancer. He was 41, survived by a wife and two children.
Over the last few days, celebrities and luminaries from nearly every corner of the world have paid their respects, shared stories of Virgil’s kindness, generosity, and joy, and mourned fashion’s great loss.
Abloh’s vision, which pulled apart the figurative—and, in some cases, literal—seams of what beauty and luxury meant to make room for differing perspectives and ideas, has only begun to shape his enduring legacy.
Rest in Peace. TOP STORY  In 2016, he told The Guardian, “When the phone is off, I play my favorite songs really loud for myself,” and he predicted, “I’ll be DJing after I’m done designing or doing anything else.” EDITORS' PICKS Virgil Abloh, a pioneering artist and designer whose work spanned fashion, architecture, music, and art, died on Sunday, Nov. 28 of cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare cancer. He was 41. The passing of designer and overall multi-hyphenate Virgil Abloh sent shockwaves across the sneaker and streetwear communities. Long before Virgil Abloh launched Off-White and became Creative Director for Louis Vuitton men’s, he worked on some of the most iconic album covers of the last decade. It seemed like time waited for Virgil Abloh. That was the only explanation for how impossibly prolific he was—in design, in DJing, in blending together subcultures at all levels of fashion.  In celebration of Pigeons & Planes' 13th anniversary, because we didn't do anything for our 10th. This is the most important merch in music history. Dedicated to those who make good sounds and those who like good sounds.
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