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Louis Vuitton Designer Virgil Abloh Dead astatine 41
Virgil Abloh's loved ones are honoring his legacy.
On Nov. 28, 1 twelvemonth aft the manner decorator passed away pursuing a backstage two-year conflict with cardiac angiosarcoma, Gigi Hadid remembered her person with a bid of throwback photos, calling him "our angel" successful one Instagram post.
"It's bittersweet…the everlastingly grant & joyousness of having known a existent hero, but besides the symptom of conscionable a twelvemonth without you!!" she wrote successful another. "You near a america a beingness of inspiration, conscionable by being yourself…We emotion and miss you truthful much. Virgil Forever & ever."
Hailey Bieber besides looked backmost astatine immoderate of her memories with Virgil, including erstwhile the Off-White laminitis designed a lace gown and veil for her 2019 wedding to Justin Bieber.
"4ever and always," she wrote alongside a representation of her walking limb successful limb with Virgil successful her dress. "We each miss you mundane Virg. LLV."
They weren't the lone ones to wage tribute. Serena Williams did too.
"It's been a twelvemonth and I inactive can't enactment into words the sorrow that I feel," the tennis prima captioned her post. "Your interaction connected the satellite volition unrecorded connected everlastingly and I couldn't beryllium much grateful to person witnessed it and had the accidental to collaborate with you. I inactive miss you each the time. Forever and ever @virgilabloh."
In addition, Karlie Kloss noted she was "missing you a small other today" and Off-White shared an old video of Virgil.
"Virgil, you showed america each what we could be," the institution wrote connected Instagram. "You ne'er cared of hierarchies oregon titles, you treated america each with respect and emotion and empowered america to deliberation and enactment with assurance and to beryllium unafraid to dare. You made america consciousness seen and heard. You made america a family. You created country for others and were truthful generous with the 1 happening you didn't have: your time. A existent leader, mentor and inspiration. We miss you everyday."
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Off-White promised to "keep dreaming" and to enactment Surf Ghana, an enactment Virgil championed during his lifetime. "With love, forever," the marque concluded. "Your team."
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