Pharrell Williams

Williams has been appointed the menswear creative director at the luxury brand.

Alexandre Arnault, who heads up product and communications at Tiffany & Co, [has confirmed](https://www.instagram.com/p/CopwbLsI_Kw/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading) some co-designed Tiffany jewelry “on the way” [November 2022:](https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/moncler-pharrell-maya-70-collaboration/#:~:text=The%20commemorative%20collaboration%20series%2C%20dubbed,of%20its%20classic%20Maya%20jacket.) Williams co-creates the last of seven reimaginings of Moncler’s Maya jacket in rubber for its 70th birthday [February 2022:](https://www.voguebusiness.com/fashion/genius-manoeuvre-jay-z-mercedes-benz-will-join-moncler-at-london-fashion-week) Williams is among those slated to unveil new design concepts at Moncler’s latest co-creation initiative, Genius, during London Fashion Week [June 2023:](https://www.lvmh.com/news-documents/news/louis-vuitton-appoints-pharrell-williams-as-its-new-mens-creative-director/) Williams’s first collection for Louis Vuitton will be revealed during the Men’s Fashion Week in Paris. [2008:](https://hypebeast.com/2008/1/louis-vuitton-blason-collection-pharrell-williams-and-camille-miceli) Williams collaborates with Louis Vuitton on jewelry with the Blason Collection [March 2014:](https://in.fashionnetwork.com/news/comme-des-garcons-and-pharrell-williams-create-fragrance,645920.html#fashionweek-newyork-michaelkorscollection-ny) Unisex scent G I R L is Pharrell’s first attempt at a fragrance, created in collaboration with Comme des Garçons [September 2014:](https://www.highsnobiety.com/tag/adidas-pharrell/) Adidas announces a long-standing partnership with Williams, and the first drop constitutes of Stan Smiths in three bold colorways [November 2018:](https://www.vogue.in/content/this-is-how-pharrell-williams-collaboration-with-chanel-came-to-be) Williams begins a long-term collaboration with Chanel, turning the brand’s signature CC and N°5 logos into graffiti and embellished motifs [January 2022:](https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/tiffany-next-collaboration-pharrell-williams-1235047893/) Williams teases a collaboration with Tiffany’s—another LVMH brand—by flaunting diamond-studded sunglasses. [$21.4 billion](https://www.lvmh.com/news-documents/press-releases/new-record-year-for-lvmh-in-2022/#:~:text=LVMH%20Mo%C3%ABt%20Hennessy%20Louis%20Vuitton,billion%2C%20both%20up%2023%25.) revenue in 2022. [succeeds Abloh](https://www.vogue.fr/fashion/article/pharrell-williams-succeed-virgil-abloh-louis-vuitton-helm-menswear-collections) not just by taking over one of the top roles at the luxury group owned by the world’s richest man, Bernard Arnault. A brief history of Pharrell Williams’s collaboration with Louis Vuitton and other fashion labels [2003:](https://www.bbcicecream.com/pages/about-new) Pharrell Williams and Japanese fashion designer Nigo found streetwear label Billionaire Boys Club (BBC) and sub-label Ice Cream, which makes skateboarding-inspired footwear [2004:](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/pharrell-williams-to-succeed-virgil-abloh-as-louis-vuitton-new-menswear-designer#:~:text=Pharrell%20has%20a%20long%20history,friend%20and%20collaborator%20%E2%80%94%20in%202018.) Williams collaborates with Marc Jacobs, then Louis Vuitton creative director, on the famous sunglasses line Millionaire. [Available NowSamsung Galaxy S23 Series](https://howl.me/ci9xYJ15XdA) Pharrell Williams succeeds Virgil Abloh He is also carrying on a legacy of Black excellence, as Abloh was the first African American to be named the head designer of a European luxury fashion brand, [according](https://www.wsj.com/articles/pharrell-williams-louis-vuitton-mens-design-director-d2689117) to the Wall Street Journal. Pharrell Williams knows how to capture coolness,” — [Dior’s new boss is the world’s richest man’s daughter](https://qz.com/bernard-arnault-delphine-dior-lvmh-1849978485) 14). [People fought each other to get Pharrell’s “unity” sneakers](https://qz.com/quartzy/1214452/pharrells-adidas-sneakers-ignited-pushing-and-shoving-among-singapore-shoppers) [said in a statement](https://www.lvmh.com/news-documents/news/louis-vuitton-appoints-pharrell-williams-as-its-new-mens-creative-director/) yesterday (Feb.

Louis Vuitton hired Pharrell Tapped to leads its menswear division, Christie's invested in an Australian art finance firm, and more global art news.

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Pharrell Williams, the Grammy-winning producer, musician and entrepreneur has been named the new creative director of Louis Vuitton's mens.

His new appointment represents yet another crossover between the worlds of luxury fashion houses and streetwear. In 2007, Pharrell had also worked with Marc Jacobs on a range of sunglasses, which were then reissued by Abloh in 2018. In doing so, it will be only the second time a Black American has held a head position at the luxury French fashion house. “I am glad to welcome Pharrell back home, after our collaborations in 2004 and 2008 for Louis Vuitton, as our new Men’s Artistic Director. His creative vision beyond fashion will undoubtedly lead Louis Vuitton towards a new and very exciting chapter.” Pharrell Williams, the Grammy-winning producer, musician and entrepreneur has been named the new creative director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear.

The French luxury fashion brand announced when Williams' first collection will be revealed.

"The way in which he breaks boundaries across the various worlds he explores aligns with Louis Vuitton's status as a Cultural Maison, reinforcing its values of innovation, pioneer spirit and entrepreneurship." His only other post His music has also earned him Academy Award and Emmy nominations.

The 'Happy' hitmaker is taking the reins at the French fashion house after the death of its former designer Virgil Abloh died aged 41 in November 2021 following ...

The 'Happy' hitmaker is taking the reins at the French fashion house after the death of its former designer Virgil Abloh died aged 41 in November 2021 following ...

It is instructive that neither Abloh and Williams allowed such funneling to define their career trajectories, and laudatory that Louis Vuitton has not been ...

o Williams is an ecosystem builder: Somewhere along the way, Pharell Williams admitted that while he, alone, wrote the song, it was the thousands of collaborators, who made it theirs, that made the song such a success; “Happy” is as much the success of the people who are joyously dancing in the video, as it is the author’s. Not such a bad outcome for a fashion house seeking to be innovative and successful in the marketplace. [Vogue has referred to Pharrell Williams](https://www.vogue.com/article/pharrell-williams-named-louis-vuitton-mens-creative-director) as a “multi-hyphenate musician and entrepreneur” and that “multi-hyphenate” tells it all. Mary Kaye Schilling, of Fast Company, suggested that the result is that a secret of Williams’ innovative success is that he “a All of this fits-in with an underlying awareness of Williams’ that “If anything, I've learned that [I'm not in control](https://www.npr.org/about-npr/452953953/transcript-pharrell-williams-in-conversation-with-nyu-tisch-npr-music). He exemplifies what we hope for in an innovative leader, not only for fashion, but for every industry. we're going to do this, we're going to do that, and really at the end of the day it's the fans that make that determination.” So, inviting fans in to interpret the song as they feel it, made abundant sense, and made the whole effect of the video, and ultimately the song, as well, so much better. An even bigger experiment, however, was the eleven-day making of [the twenty-four hour “Happy” video](https://www.fastcompany.com/3022066/how-pharrell-and-a-cast-of-hundreds-got-happy-for-a-24-hour-interactive-video), featuring 400 people, some random, some not, lip-syncing and dancing four-minute versions of the title song. o Pharrell is not entirely an outsider either: If Williams is not a fashion-insider, neither is he really an outsider. [His best-known musical hit is the song “Happy,”](https://youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs) which he wrote for the movie Despicable Me 2. This is a good example of hiring talent for what they have done, rather than where they did it. o Pharrell isn’t an insider to the fashion industry: Remember, disruption always starts at the edges.

Pharrell Williams is taking over the role of creative director for menswear at Louis Vuitton, taking the position held by Virgil Abloh until his death in ...

[two-time Oscar nominee's](https://www.foxnews.com/category/entertainment/events/oscars) first collection will be shown later this year during men's fashion week in Paris in June, according to a statement released by the company. He had a massively popular sneaker collaboration with Chanel in 2017 and a unisex clothing collection in 2019 that he designed with Lagerfeld. "I think everyone is interested in what they put on, even if you dress conservatively." Others hailed him as his generation’s Lagerfeld, Chanel's longtime creative director who died in 2019. Abloh's ubiquitous, consumer-friendly presence in culture was wide-ranging and dynamic. Abloh was a groundbreaking designer and tastemaker known for merging streetwear and high fashion.

The singer and producer, most known for his self-titled music career, will be taking over the coveted position at Louis Vuitton and debut his first ...

His new appointment is effective immediately. He also worked with Louis Vuitton in 2004 and 2008 on limited-run collaborations. Abloh is best known for his own label, OFF WHITE.