It was.
According to his respective fashion houses, the artistic director for Louis Vuitton and the founder of Off-White has died.
The parent company of Louis made a shocking announcement on Sunday, saying that Virgil had passed away from cancer.
Bernard Arnault said, "We are all shocked by this terrible news." He was a genius designer, a visionary, and a man with a beautiful soul. We are all thinking of his loved ones after the passing of his husband, father, brother or friend, and the LVMH family is joining me in this moment of great sadness.
Like we said. The first black man to take charge of a fashion brand was at LV, and he did it with a look and vision. He was a good friend of both Kim and West.
During the Paris Louis show, where they embraced in front of cameras and posed together, they patched up their differences, which had been allusions to some of Ye's songs.
Ye was upset that Virgil had taken the Louis job instead of working with him.
Sources tell us VA and Virgil were close in the past, and VA attended one of the 'DONDA' listening events in Chicago this year. We're told that one of the people who knew about Virgil's illness was the one who was with him.
Their relationship goes all the way back to when he was an intern at Fendi. Off-White took off as a major success.
The rise of Virgil was unlike any other and his talents went unrecognized by the rich and famous. He had many admirers and friends in Hollywood, including models, actors, singers, rappers, musicians, traditional artists, fellow designers and business executives from multiple different industries. He is a fixture in the media.
Shannon and his 2 children are the ones that are left behind. He was young.
It was.
I am sad.
