'I miss you all the time': Serena Williams pays emotional tribute to Virgil Abloh a year after his death
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Serena Williams paid a heartwarming tribute to her friend and late fashion designer Virgil Abloh a year after he died from cancer. The fashion prodigy was 41 when he died. A married father of two, he had been privately suffering from a rare form of cancer called cardiac angiosarcoma. He was diagnosed in 2019 and died on November 28 2021.
Earlier, Williams honored Abloh at the US Open. A year after his death, her emotional tribute on social media is going viral. The Instagram post has a picture of Williams and Abloh together, as per the The Daily Mail.
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"It’s been a year and I still can’t put into words the sorrow that I feel. Your touch on the world will live on forever and I couldn’t be more grateful to have witnessed it and had the chance to collaborate with you. I still miss you all the time. Forever and ever," the caption on her Instagram tribute post reads.
Abloh is known for making history as Louis Vuitton's first black artistic director. He reportedly joined the fashion house in 2018, a year after his cancer diagnosis. Although he did not have any formal training as a designer, he went on to create his own label, Off-White, five years before moving to the luxury brand.
Williams was one known as Abloh's "muse" as both of them had collaborated for Nike in the past. She walked the catwalk at the first show since Abloh died, featuring for Off-White's Autumn/Winter 2022 show in February. Back then, she wrote in an Instagram post, "I had an unbelievable time walking in the @off____white show … Virgil meant so much to me, and to walk in a collection that he was still a part of was something I could not miss. Thank you for the opportunity. I am so grateful to show love to my friend."