Full Text of HR0569 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Virgil | 4 | | Abloh of Chicago, who passed away on November 28, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Abloh was born to Nee and Eunice Abloh in | 6 | | Rockford on September 30, 1980; he was raised in Rockford and | 7 | | graduated from Boylan Catholic High School in 1998; he | 8 | | completed his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering at the | 9 | | University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2002; he earned his Master | 10 | | of Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology in | 11 | | 2006; he interned at Fendi in Rome in 2009; he married Shannon | 12 | | Sundberg in 2009; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Abloh officially assumed the role of | 14 | | creative director at Donda, Kanye West's creative agency, in | 15 | | 2010; he served as artistic director of the album Watch the | 16 | | Throne by Jay-Z and West in 2011, which led to his nomination | 17 | | for the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package; he launched | 18 | | his first brand, Pyrex Vision, in New York in 2012; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Abloh founded Off-White, a multi-platform | 20 | | creative endeavor based in Milan, in 2013; through Off-White, | 21 | | he combined ideas of streetwear, luxury, art, music, and | 22 | | travel; he launched womenswear for Off-White in 2014, and he |
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| 1 | | began showing his men's and women's collections during Paris | 2 | | Fashion Week; he opened his first concept store in the Aoyama | 3 | | area of Tokyo, Japan in 2016; he also debuted his Grey Area | 4 | | furniture collection in Milan, his first furniture venture | 5 | | under the Off-White brand; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Abloh was named the artistic director of | 7 | | Louis Vuitton's menswear collections in 2018, making history | 8 | | as Louis Vuitton's first Black artistic director; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, During his multifaceted career, Virgil Abloh | 10 | | collaborated with a multitude of other artists and companies, | 11 | | including Takashi Murakami, Warby Parky, Jacob the Jeweler, | 12 | | Jimmy Choo, IKEA, and Nike; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Abloh received a number of accolades for | 14 | | his work; his company Off-White was named a finalist for the | 15 | | LVMH Prize, an industry award, in 2015; he was named among Time | 16 | | Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2018; his artwork | 17 | | was the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary | 18 | | Art in Chicago in 2019; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Abloh established the Virgil Abloh | 20 | | "Post-Modern" Scholarship Fund in 2020 to foster equity and | 21 | | inclusion within the fashion industry by providing | 22 | | scholarships to students of academic promise of Black, |
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| 1 | | African-American, or African descent; to date, his fund has | 2 | | assisted 20 scholars with $7,500 scholarships; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Abloh was a fiercely devoted father, | 4 | | husband, son, brother, and friend; he was known for his work | 5 | | ethic, infinite curiosity, and unwavering optimism; he was | 6 | | driven by his dedication to his craft and to his mission to | 7 | | open doors for others and create pathways for greater equality | 8 | | in art and design; he will be dearly missed; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Virgil Abloh is survived by his wife, Shannon | 10 | | Abloh; his children, Lowe and Grey; his sister, Edwina Abloh; | 11 | | and his parents, Nee and Eunice Abloh; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we mourn the passing of Virgil Abloh and extend our sincere | 15 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 16 | | him; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Virgil Abloh as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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