Fashion Week kicked off on Tuesday with hip-hop mogul Pharrell Williams playing on the language of one-world unity as he staged his latest branding event for Louis Vuitton at the UNESCO headquarters. The show celebrated "global dandies," with lots of diplomat-style double-breasted suits, pilot-inspired bombers and lots of takes on the label's iconic luggage for the ultra-rich leisure traveler. The choice of models was color-coded to match skin tones with outfits – "a palette rendered in the nuances of skin tones of all the humans of the planet," as the show notes put it.
There were silk-style pajama suits and glittery new takes on the pixelated Damier check pattern that has been popular through Williams' tenure. He took over a year ago as creative director of the world's most profitable luxury label in a sign of the lucrative crossover between fashion, music and celebrity. His lavish debut that year saw him take over Paris's historic Pont Neuf bridge, and his follow-up in January was an ode to Americana that looked like a carefully staged tie-in with superstar singer Beyonce's new cowboy-themed album.
For his latest, the "Happy" singer took over the home of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, a symbol of international diplomacy in Paris. Under the theme "The World is Yours", a teaser on Instagram featured children as diplomats being encouraged to work for a more unified world - with Vuitton-branded briefcases, naturally. The political messa.
