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KING: He also had very close professional relationships with Kanye West and Jay-Z, and those collaborations were incredibly important. And so, you know, that kind of created this mystique around the items. MOORE: He had this sort of clever way of labeling things in his line where, you know, it would be the actual name of the thing like shoe or hoodie. Others would eventually follow, but he was way ahead of them. And Moore said because of this nonlinear entry into fashion, Abloh was a huge inspiration to younger creatives.Р”В«ATES: Well, with his company Off-White, Virgil Abloh was one of the early adopters of streetwear and the crossover of streetwear into fashion. And so he really kind of changed the image of what a fashion designer should be.Р”В«ATES: He also had degrees in civil engineering and architecture. He himself was a DJ and, you know, had a huge social media following before coming to fashion. And he was very good at sort of bridging the gaps between different disciplines. She says his entry into fashion was unique.Р”В«OOTH MOORE: He, you know, came up through pop culture, not through sort of traditional design channels. And she pointed out Abloh was a trailblazer. She's the West Coast executive editor of the fashion industry Bible Women's Wear Daily. KING: So he was quite different from many fashion designers, wasn't he?Р”В«ATES: He was. KAREN GRIGSBY BATES, BYLINE: Morning, Noel. Earlier this morning, I talked to NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates. He was the artistic director for Louis Vuitton menswear, and he made streetwear into high fashion. The fashion designer Virgil Abloh has died of a rare form of cancer.

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