Kanye West, Donatella Versace, and Hailey Bieber are among celebrities paying tribute to Virgil Abloh

Hailey Bieber, who commissioned Abloh to design her gown for her 2019 wedding to Justin Bieber, called the designer "a once in a generation creative mind that is so rare," in a tribute post on Instagram.

Hailey posted a never-before-seen photo of herself and Abloh during a dress fitting, and shared how grateful she was to have met him. "From walking on his runways to having him design my wedding dress and all the other amazing moments in between, I felt he was always rooting for me," she added.

Kanye West posted a tribute to Abloh on his website, Donda Live. It read: "In loving memory of Virgil Abloh, the creative director of Donda."

Abloh and West worked closely together for years — the fashion creator designed the artwork for the rapper's 2007 album, "Graduation," and later earned a Grammy nomination for creating the artistic vision for West and Jay-Z's 2011 album, "Watch the Throne, Insider previously reported.

Gigi Hadid captioned a series of personal Instagram photos of herself and Abloh with a heartfelt message.

"His kindness and energetic generosity left a lasting impression on every life he touched — he made everyone feel seen and special," the model wrote. "He will be deeply missed, cherished, and celebrated by me and all the people and industries that have been lucky enough to work around & know the true supernova behind this man."

Kendall Jenner took to Instagram to share her own tribute to Abloh. She said people who had the privilege of knowing him were some of the "lucky ones."

"V taught me and all of us a very important lesson, although he knew he had only so long, he was bright, he was kind & he was full of love," Jenner wrote. "We all need a little bit of Virgil in us. He leaves us with his influence, to create and change the world."

British designer and artistic director of Dior Menswear, Kim Jones, said Abloh was "one of the kindest people you could meet" in an Instagram tribute.

"Many great times spent traveling the world and hanging out in hotel rooms working on the floor and going through Japanese magazines and laughing and talking about ideas," Jones wrote, before sharing that his thoughts are with Abloh's family and his wife Shannon.

Model Bella Hadid took to Instagram to share her thoughts on Abloh's death. She said he "made every person he came across feel special in whatever way he possibly could."

"Even when the world felt sad, he brought laughter and color and beauty. The way he made a positive impact on anything he touched, and always pushed for his culture/the world is the reason why he was an angel on earth and one to so many," Bella wrote. "The most beautiful warrior soul."

Singer and fashion designer Pharell Williams called Abloh a "kind, generous, thoughtful creative genius" in a tribute post on Twitter.

"Your work as a human and your work as a spiritual being will live forever," he wrote. "Sending love and light to your wife, children, family and day ones."

"You're with the Master now, shine," Williams added.

British actor Idris Elba posted a blank black square to his Instagram page and captioned it "Virgil" in honor of the designer.

He shared more on Twitter, writing: "Too soon Virgil. You will be missed from this world man."