Z in 2011, where he designed the stage together with the artist. The RSVP gallery was a pivotal moment when Abloh first stepped into the limelight, but a true embodiment of his vision began with West and Jay’s “Watch the Throne” tour. He was officially appointed West’s creative director.Īlso in 2009, he opened the RSVP Gallery in Chicago with Marc Moran and Don C in Wicker Park, offering luxury and contemporary streetwear and fashion labels such as Chanel, Comme des Garçons and Bape showcases artwork by Takashi Murakami and Kaws, who designed the covers for West’s albums “Graduation” and “808s and Heartbreak,” and hosts events featuring nearby rappers close to the group, including Pharrell Williams and NERD, Kid Cudi and Lupe Fiasco, among others.
In 2007, West hired Abloh and together they worked on West’s first fashion project, Pastelle.įrom there, he interned at Fendi with West in 2009, a trip immortalized by Tommy Ton’s street style photograph of Abloh with West, Don C, Taz Arnold, Fonzworth Bentley and Chris Julian. Abloh said during the 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago that he skipped his final thesis presentation at university to meet West at an autograph session. He met Kanye West’s music director John Monopoly and his cousin Don C, both of whom were looking for designers to work with West in the future. While in college, he worked on clothing with Chicago music producer Jay Boogie and Custom Kings, and contributed to the Chicago blog The Brilliance. convergence of skates and streetwear through New York City’s streetwear brand Alife. Although he is a trained architect, his career has deeper roots in the skating scene, music, streetwear, and blogging.Ībloh told GQ he’s been DJing since he was 17, touting skate brands like Alien Workshop, Santa Cruz and Droors as his favorites, and getting his first glimpse of the union.
But what is evident is that the quotation marks – his signature – will forever be remembered as his mark on the world.īorn in Rockford, Ill., Abloh graduated with a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a Master of Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Popularizing the title of “multihyphenate,” condensing his work would adversely affect his influence on the presentation of music, fashion, and design. The Illinois-born, Ghanaian-American man left an indelible mark on the fashion industry, popular culture and the art world before passing away from a heart tumor on November 28.įrom heavily collaborating with Kanye West in the late 2000s to creating New York City’s SoHo street style with projects Pyrex Vision and Been Trill established Off-White countless collaborations make the global nightlife scene stand out with a variety of DJ sets Art gallery literature, and the takeover of menswear by Louis Vuitton, it is difficult to summarize Abloh’s breadth of work into a few highlights.
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