PARIS — Louis Vuitton is betting on a dose of Y2K nostalgia to perk up luxury consumers on New Year’s Day, when the reedition of its seminal collaboration with Japanese artist Takashi Murakami will land in stores in tandem with a campaign fronted by Zendaya. Murakami and Pietro Beccari, chairman and chief executive officer of … Read more
One of Europe’s biggest tech events, Web Summit, launched on Monday in Lisbon with pop superstar Pharrell Williams among those taking to the stage. The get together runs until Thursday, with some 3,000 startups pitching their products to 1,000 investors, and 70,000 visitors taking part in events and debates, according to the organisers. On Monday, … Read more
CHECKING IN: You can soon add hotelier to the many additional caps worn by music star Pharrell Williams, who moonlights as creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton, runs beauty brand Humanrace and auction house Joopiter, to name of a few of his side hustles. He co-invested in the property that formerly housed the Hôtel … Read more
Piece by Piece is a documentary that tells the story of decorated music producer/artist Pharrell Williams, from his beginnings in his home city of Virginia Beach all the way up to his 2019 Something in the Water festival. As friends, family, collaborators, and other such loved ones chime in with their own anecdotes to supplement … Read more
Who could be better than Sir Lewis Hamilton and Pharrell Williams to help reveal the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”? The Formula One racer and Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director were front and center Wednesday morning at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the official big reveal. The pair are also serving … Read more
BTS member j-Hope has sparked rumours of an upcoming collaboration with Pharrell Williams after posting a photo with the artist on Instagram.Pharrell, currently in South Korea as Louis Vuitton’s men’s creative director, posed alongside j-Hope for a couple of selfies, which was captioned, “P & j. Can’t wait for 2025.” This led fans to speculate … Read more
Pharrell Williams‘ auction platform Joopiter is linking up with K-pop icon G-Dragon on a new auction titled “Nothing but a ‘G’ Thang: The Art & Archive of G-Dragon.” Fifty-one lots from G-Dragon’s personal collection, including contemporary art pieces, design objects and memorabilia, will be available to fans and bidders online from Sept. 2 to Sept. … Read more
Pharrell Williams is embracing his love for water through his new partnership with Evian. With his brand Humanrace, Williams has teamed with Evian to design an all-gender, limited-edition, tennis-inspired apparel collection just in time for the U.S. Open, which kicks off on Aug. 26. Evian has been the official water for the U.S. Open for more … Read more
Michael Dvorak, an experienced executive in the Western wear and footwear sector, died on July 18 at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. A tribute is being planned for Dvorak, 56, this fall in Colorado. Media requests to Dvorak’s family via the Martin Thompson & Son Funeral Home were unreturned. Born in Phoenix … Read more
GRINDIN’: Underscoring Pharrell Williams‘ skill at creating bridges between fashion and pop culture, Louis Vuitton has named Pusha T its latest brand ambassador. The “Nosetalgia” rapper has been inextricably linked to Williams since making his debut with Clipse in the late 1990s under the auspices of The Neptunes producer. Both men grew up in Virginia … Read more
