Pharrell Williams
Succeeds Virgil Abloh
as head of Men's Design at Louis Vuitton
WHO IS PHARRELL WILLIAMS?
The style icon has big shoes to fill.
Singer, songwriter, rapper, producer, designer and philanthropist Pharrell Williams is adding another title to his list: Louis Vuitton's men's creative director.
Honoring Virgil Abloh
"Everything Virgil stood for [was] to open doors"
Virgil Abloh
"He reinvented the role of a creative director, injecting it with hip-hop's penchant for remixing, skateboarding's sense of community and a desire for social progress," Business of Fashion writes. "And he helped open doors to a wider cast of creatives, engaging directly with his followers, online and off, and offering them 'cheat codes' and 'trails of information' for how to launch brands of their own."
FORBES
Pharrell Williams Succeeds Virgil Abloh As Louis Vuitton Menswear Creative Director
Williams is now the second Black American to be named the head designer of a European luxury fashion brand, according to the Wall Street Journal. Abloh, who held the position from 2018 until his death in 2021, was the first.
