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Pharrell Williams has described his latest Louis Vuitton collection as a “celebration of human athletic prowess”. The ‘Get Lucky’ hitmaker - who was named as the creative director of the French fashion powerhouse in February 2023 after the death of Virgil Abloh in November 2021 - took great inspiration from the fast approaching Paris Olympics when making new range, and made sure it captured the racial diversity currently gearing up to compete. As quoted by The Guardian newspaper, the 51-year-old creative said: “[It is] the celebration of human athletic prowess. [We are] just committed to that ...
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Halle Bailey has been cast in the Universal musical inspired by Pharrell Williams. The 24-year-old star joins Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Kelvin Harrison Jr. in the untitled coming-of-age movie that is being directed by Michel Gondry. The film is set in the summer of 1977 at Virginia Beach and takes inspiration from Williams' childhood neighbourhood of Atlantis Apartments. Gondry is directing from a script by Martin Hynes and Steven Levenson with Pharrell, Mimi Valdes and Gil Netter all serving as producers. Halle played the lead role in the live-action remake of 'The Little Mermaid' last year an...
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Da'Vine Joy Randolph is in talks to star in a new musical. The Oscar-winning actress is said to be in negotiations to appear in the untitled Universal film from director Michel Gondry and producer Pharrell Williams. The project is thought to be a coming-of-age musical that draws inspiration from the 'Happy' hitmaker's upbringing in Virginia Beach during the 1970s and Kelvin Harrison Jr. is already confirmed to star. Gondry will direct from a script by Martin Hynes and Steven Levenson with Williams, Mimi Valdes and Gil Netter all serving as producers. Da'Vine, 37, recently won the Academy Award...
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Tyler, the Creator has designed a capsule collection for Louis Vuitton. The 32-year-old rapper was invited by the Pharrell Williams, the brand's creative director of menswear, to be part of his first stand-alone collaboration, with the line of clothing and accessories featuring everything from a silk pocket square and a fleece jacket to a cereal bowl and a special edition Courrier Lozine 110 trunk, the most expensive product in the range, retailing at 68,000 euros. The items all feature Tyler's handdrawn take on the fashion house's monogram motif, dubbed the Craggy Monogram, and many reference...
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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have named their second son Riot Rose. The couple welcomed their second child - a sibling for 15-month-old RZA - into the world last month and now The Blast have obtained a copy of the tot's birth certificate, detailing his unusual moniker and more information. Riot was born at Los Angeles' Cedars Sinai Hospital at 7.41am on 1 August, two days before it was previously reported he had made his way into the world. It has been speculated the tot has been named after 'Riot', a track released by his father - whose real name is Rakim Mayers - and Pharrell Williams earlier this...
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Pharrell Williams has declared he was the biggest inspiration for his first Louis Vuitton collection. The 50-year-old rapper debuted his launch range for the luxury brand in June after being appointed the brand’s creative director of menswear, by turning Paris’ oldest bridge the Pont Neuf into a star-studded catwalk. He told GQ Style about how his personality is central to his design process: “I look at myself like I’m the real customer. “So I design for what it is that I want and what I’m going to need.” Pharrell landed the coveted LV job after it was offered to him by the luxe brand’s CEO Pi...
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Pharrell Williams has a recording studio in his clothes design hub to keep him inspired. The 50-year-old rapper debuted his first collection for Louis Vuitton in June after being appointed the brand’s creative director of menswear, by turning Paris’ oldest bridge the Pont Neuf into a catwalk during this year’s Paris Fashion Week. He told The New York Times Style Magazine about how he constantly flits between his music and clothes design: “Being a producer and a creative director are similar. I can go from apparel to drums, from trunks to melodies. “Within my design studio, I have a section all...
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Pharrell Williams feels he's "collaborating in spirit" with Virgil Abloh. The iconic fashion designer died from cancer in November 2021, aged 41 - but Pharrell continues to feel his influence in his new role as the creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton. Pharrell, 50, told GQ magazine's September issue: "It’s like we’re collaborating in spirit." The music star is determined to continue Virgil's legacy at Louis Vuitton, including developing the brand's relationship to skateboarding. He said: "I’ll always pay homage to him." Pharrell's ultimate ambition is to "shake the tree" at Louis Vu...
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Pharrell Williams says his Humanrace skincare brand isn't competing with anyone. Although Pharrell, 50, acknowledges there are other excellent skincare brands around, he insisted that he only wants to learn from them and hopes that all of the companies can inspire each other. He told the goop podcast: "If we’re going to be in this space, we have to make it better than we found it. And we have to be friendly to the other brands, the ones that are doing well that we can learn from. We’re going to be competitive—like we’re running a race, a human race—but we’re not looking to our left and right t...
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Pharrell Williams designed a special custom jumpsuit for Beyoncé's tour that celebrated "her shape and form" and was "informed by her "rare spirit". The 'Get Lucky' hitmaker and fashion icon, who is creative director for Louis Vuitton Menswear, has detailed the thought process behind the dazzling black bedazzled all-in-one he created for the 41-year-old singer's performance of 'Formation' on her 'Renaissance' tour. In a video clip on the Louis Vuitton Instagram page, he said: “Beyoncé is a rare spirit. “The idea that I know her as a human being and have known her for all this time and our conn...
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