Virgil Abloh was born on September 30, 1980, in Rockford, Illinois, to Ghanaian immigrant parents. His mother was a seamstress and his father managed a paint company.He would later became one of the most influential fashion designers in the world. Appointed to the prestigious position of  artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection beginning in 2018, he was then given increased creative responsibilities across the LVMH brand in early 2021.Abloh was also the chief executive officer of the Milan-based label Off-White, a fashion house he founded  in  2013. A trained architect, Abloh, who  also worked  in  Chicago  street  fashion, entered  the  world of international fashion with an internship at Fendi in 2009, alongside American rapper Kanye West. The two then began an artistic collaboration that would launch Abloh's career into founding Off-  White, one of the fastest growing luxury streetwear labels in the industry.