Pharrell ‘blindsided’ over being named Louis Vuitton’s creative director of menswear
Pharrell felt “blindsided” when he was chosen as Louis Vuitton’s creative director of menswear. The rapper, 50, who debuted his first collection for the fashion giant on Tuesday (20.06.23) by turning Paris’ oldest bridge the Pont Neuf into a catwalk, was told he was getting the job by Louis Vuitton CEO Pietro Beccari while sitting in his Miami studio in late 2022. He admitted in an interview with GQ: “I never thought that it would be me. It was – and it’s still – unreal. “I didn’t know (my previous work) was leading to this though. I would’ve worked harder.” Since taking the job, Pharrell – bo...