Designers and creatives, including architects David Adjaye and Dong-Ping Wong, have paid their respects to Off-White founder Virgil Abloh, who passed away aged 41 this weekend.
As well as founding fashion brand Off-White, Abloh was also the artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection.
He died on Sunday from a "rare, aggressive form of cancer", which the designer had fought in private for two years.
Abloh "changed the fashion industry"
Among those mourning the loss of one of the fashion and design worlds' most prolific names were British Vogue editor Edward Enninful.
"Virgil Abloh changed the fashion industry," Enninful wrote on Instagram. "Famously prolific, he always worked for a greater cause than his own illustrious career: to open the door to art and fashion for future generations, so that they ? unlike himself ? would grow up in a creative world with people to mirror themselves in." "Virgil believed that anything was possible for humankind if only we could tear ourselves away from unconscious biases and norms and reassume the imagination we had as children," Enninful added.
"His achievements won't just live on. They will continue to evolve, because we are only seeing the beginning of his impact on the creative industries and surrounding world. My thoughts are with his family and all those who loved him. Rest in peace, Virgil, a giant among men."
Architect Adjaye was also among those paying his r...