Pharrell Williams Is Formally Taking Over For Virgil Abloh at Louis Vuitton

Over a 12 months has handed since we misplaced the beloved designer and inventive drive, Virgil Abloh, to his battle with most cancers. And right this moment, February 14, Louis Vuitton introduced that Pharrell Williams will succeed Abloh because the artistic director of Louis Vuitton menswear.

Abloh based his first trend home, Off-White, in 2013, which paved the way in which for him to turn out to be one in every of present trend’s most influential figures. In 2018, he made historical past on the French trend home, turning into Louis Vuitton’s first Black inventive director. Abloh breathed new life into the model’s menswear, elevating it to hype-beast standing because of his holographic equipment and streetwear-inspired appears.

There was a lot hypothesis about who would observe Abloh, which involves an finish right this moment. “I’m glad to welcome Pharrell again house, after our collaborations in 2004 and 2008 for Louis Vuitton, as our new Males’s Inventive Director,” stated Pietro Beccari, Louis Vuitton’s chairman and CEO in a press release. “His artistic imaginative and prescient past trend will undoubtedly lead Louis Vuitton in direction of a brand new and really thrilling chapter.”

Though you might know him from his hits like “Completely happy,” or “Get Fortunate” (which he created alongside Daft Punk), Williams has had his hand within the trend world for years. Again in 2003, WIlliams teamed up with the Creative Director of Kenzo, Nigo, to create his manufacturers Billionaire Boys Membership and Ice Cream, which had been speedy successes within the early streetwear days, and has a number of trend collaborations together with Tiffany’s and Chanel underneath his belt.

In a press release, the model described Williams as a “visionary whose artistic universes broaden from music to artwork, and to trend. The best way through which he breaks boundaries throughout the varied worlds he explores aligns with Louis Vuitton’s standing as a cultural maison, reinforcing its values of innovation, pioneer spirit and entrepreneurship.”

We’re on the sting of our seats to see what Williams brings to the desk at Louis Vuitton. His first assortment will debut in June 2023 throughout Males’s Vogue Week in Paris.