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Virgil Abloh broke the mold by way of the skill set a creative director can — and will — possess. The late designer, the mastermind behind the Off-White brand and Louis Vuitton’s explosive menswear business, has turn out to be a number one role model for fashion students along with his multidisciplinary, inclusive and community-minded approach to fashion, in response to Valérie Berdah-Levy, director of Istituto Marangoni’s Paris school. Equally popular is Japanese streetwear pioneer Nigo, now the creative director of Kenzo. Berdah-Levy explained that he's a multihyphenate with tentacles that stretch into music production, industrial or graphic design and DJing, like Abloh did as well. “Students love multicreative minds and abilities who should not only fashion designers but have many passions,” she...