Superproducer Pharrell Williams hit up Paris this weekend to attend the present for the Fall/Winter 2022 assortment for Kenzo, however neither the fashions nor the Japanese designer’s wares have been the principle attraction. As an alternative, the Neptunes’ frontman stole the eye together with his 25-carat diamond-encrusted sun shades.
Ladies’s Put on Day by day requested Williams concerning the shades, and he revealed an impending “marriage” was on the way in which. “Tiffany and I are engaged,” he instructed the magazine, and he stated the bejeweled eyewear was solely the “first of many issues that I’m gonna do with Tiffany.”
Jay-Z and Beyoncé teamed up with Tiffany & Co. within the latter half of final yr, so Pharrell’s personal take care of the 185-year-old luxurious jeweler is an indication of the model’s rising curiosity within the city market. The truth is, Alexandre Arnault, govt VP of Tiffany’s product communications, went on social media and teased his followers with screenshots of Pharrell’s glasses, too.
When WWD pressed Pharrell additional concerning the specifics of his new enterprise, the artist performed coy. “It’s a partnership…It’s about seeing issues in a different way,” he stated. However Pharrell has additionally labored with Chanel and Warby Parker prior to now, so when WWD pushed a bit of bit extra, he later added, “I can’t give all of it away now. I don’t wish to go an excessive amount of into element, OK, as a result of we’re right here at the moment to rejoice my brother Nigo.”
Pharrell and Nigo (actual identify Tomoaki Nagao) have labored collectively many instances earlier than, on every little thing from the favored Billionaire Boys Membership line (co-founded by the duo) to particular Adidas collabs in addition to Nigo’s personal label A Bathing Ape. This time, nonetheless, Pharrell jetted to The Metropolis of Gentle to witness Nigo’s debut as artistic director for Kenzo.
No extra information was launched concerning the upcoming Tiffany x Pharrell partnership, however keep tuned as extra information comes out.
