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Just some days earlier than exhibiting his third males’s assortment for Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams teased a collaboration between the French luxurious model and Timberland.
The musician, identifiable by his jewellery, together with a gold Human Made bracelet, is seen in a brief video lifting the leg of his denims to disclose a yellow Timberland boot with unfastened laces. A Louis Vuitton brand seems on the shoe’s tongue, which folds over to disclose the model’s signature monogram printed on the within.
The quick video was posted to the Skateboard Instagram account, the unofficial account run by the musician’s group that posts behind-the-scenes content material from inside Vuitton’s menswear studio.
In one other video, Williams may be seen sporting the boots with flared denims, a yellow Kenzo sweatshirt and a white cowboy hat as he watches a Spot quadruped robotic constructed by American agency Boston Dynamics stroll across the Vuitton studio throughout preparations for the parade, scheduled for January 16.
Forward of her debut final June, Williams posed on Instagram in fits from the gathering, prompting Vuitton president and CEO Pietro Beccari to softly rebuke his new recruit.
“Pharrell is unveiling the gathering piece by piece, as a result of it has been 20 days since [items from] the present,” Beccari mentioned within the interview final June, noting that Williams approaches the duty from the angle of a prolific luxurious purchaser. “He is impatient and I mentioned, ‘He is the shopper, proper?’ That is all.'”
Meaning business observers will likely be intently inspecting the music star’s appearances within the lead-up to his exhibits. A collaboration with Timberland looks like a logical transfer, given the model’s shut affiliation with the hip-hop neighborhood.
The work boot was popularized by musicians reminiscent of Wu-Tang Clan, Jay-Z, Tupac Shakur, Kanye West and The Infamous BIG, who steadily rapped about their “Timbs.” The boots have been additionally adopted by feminine stars reminiscent of Rihanna, Missy Elliott and Aaliyah.
It would not be the primary main footwear assortment for Vuitton, which below the course of its earlier menswear designer, the late Virgil Abloh, launched its personal variations of Nike’s iconic Air Drive 1 sneakers.
Williams additionally has a historical past with Timberland, having designed a number of boot types by his streetwear model Billionaire Boys Membership’s Bee Line assortment. In 2022, a Timberland boot that he customized together with his personal drawings offered for $7,500 on his Joopiter public sale platform.