1 year ago
36
Pharrell Williams Talks Pusha T & Kendrick Lamar Albums astatine Grammys
Pharrell Williams' thought of manner volition instrumentality halfway stage.
On Feb. 14, Louis Vuitton revealed that the Grammy winner has officially been named the caller Men's Creative Director. This marks a caller epoch for the French luxury brand, arsenic the announcement comes 2 years aft the precocious Virgil Abloh's untimely death successful November 2021.
"Pharrell Williams is simply a visionary whose originative universes grow from euphony to art, and to fashion, establishing himself arsenic a taste planetary icon implicit the past 20 years," a spokesperson for Louis Vuitton said successful a statement. "The mode successful which helium breaks boundaries crossed the assorted worlds helium explores, aligns with Louis Vuitton's presumption arsenic a Cultural Maison."
Pharrell's archetypal postulation volition debut successful June 2024 during Men's Fashion Week successful Paris.
"I americium gladsome to invited Pharrell backmost home, aft our collaborations successful 2004 and 2008 for Louis Vuitton," the brand's Chairman and CEO Pietro Beccari said successful a property release. "His originative imaginativeness beyond manner volition undoubtedly pb Louis Vuitton towards a caller and precise breathtaking chapter."
Pharrell, with his eccentric style and flair for mounting trends, has a agelong past with Louis Vuitton. In 2004, he joined forces with Marc Jacobs—the brand's originative manager astatine the time—to make a line of sunglasses. The postulation would aboriginal beryllium re-issued by Virgil, according to GQ.
Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
And you don't person to hold overmuch longer to spot Pharrell's latest manner creations deed the runways. The 49-year-old precocious collaborated with Moncler to plan 7 limited-edition Maya jackets for its 70th-anniversary release, which will debut during London Fashion Week, kicking off Feb. 17.
In summation to lending his visions for Moncler, Pharrell besides has a longstanding concern with Adidas Originals and spearheads his skincare enactment Humanrace.
While the "Happy" instrumentalist has yet to remark connected his caller relation with Louis Vuitton, his adjacent friends and colleagues person expressed their excitement. Rapper Coi Leray commented "MAJOR" connected Louis Vuitton's Instagram post, while Pusha-T put it champion on his Instagram Stories: "This is happening, and it's decidedly a large deal."
Sign up for E! Insider! Unlock exclusive content, customized alerts & more!
