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January 22, 2025
If unsure, collaborate, which Pharrell Williams decidedly did in his newest present on Tuesday in Paris for Louis Vuitton, the place he teamed up with outdated buddy, Nigo. They’re such outdated pals, the American musician had already labored with the Japanese model builder 20 years in the past, collaborating on LV Millionaires 1.0 sun shades.
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The pair have been so mutually enamored of its different’s creativity that they hooked up their twin silhouettes all around the assortment. Pharrell in his adjusted Mountie’s hat and Nigo beneath baseball cap seen on skinny ties, Damier print luggage or baseball jackets. Williams offered the gathering in an enormous round set, based mostly on the petal flower form of the Vuitton monogram. The arrival of the 30-piece Pont Neuf orchestra of brass and strings heralded the beginning of the motion, starting with an attractive composition – Nobuo Uematsu’s “One Winged Angel.” And climaxing with one other collaboration named LV Bag with Don Toliver and j-hope.
“It is an artistic manifestation of a friendship for life,” mentioned Pharrell in his present notes, including {that a} key affect was Nigo’s “vast archive of twentieth century workwear.” Although this was probably the most luxurious of workwear, the place donkey jackets wer embroidered with pearls; truck drivers jerkins have been made in calf pores and skin; or bike messenger hoodies have been in patchwork monogram intarsia. In case you didn’t get the message, a half-dozen supply males dragged enormous trunks across the circle. Designed by Masamichi Katayama’s Wonderwall design agency, the set had vitrines, constructed like enormous second fingers on a clockface, and displaying precise artifacts from the Vuitton archives. That obsession was additionally evident on the runway, with a number of revivals of Stephen Sprouse’s famed 2001 LV graffiti tackle the monogram seen on new totes or biker jackets.
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There was actually loads of tremendous merchandise on this runway, however possibly not a lot style mojo. One needed to admire Pharrell’s vitality and eye, even when one thought that his design abilities have by no means fairly latched his musical brilliance. The duo took a languid bow earlier than a sometimes high-profile Vuitton entrance row, led by the model’s patron – LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault. Who, though he attended Trump’s inauguration with fellow billionaire’s on Monday, flew again for this present by a fellow American. Becoming a member of the posh boss within the front-row have been Adrien Brody together with his girlfriend Georgina Chapman, and Idris Elba, and spouse Sabrina. Brody has been all around the European menswear season, gliding on the wings of his new hit film “:The Brutalist,” one in every of whose producers is Andrew, son of Ralph Lauren. Brody confirmed up at Prada in Milan this previous weekend, and sat beside Matt Smith, now sporting a mohawk cornrow coiffure, at Armani. Additional alongside at LV have been Bradley Cooper and San Antonio Spurs basketball star Victor Wembanyama, absolutely the tallest man ever seen in a French catwalk present. Correctly selecting luxurious’s largest label for his newest style of Paris style.
