Isikhathi sokuqokwa sisebenza ngokushesha futhi iqoqo lakhe lokuqala lizoqala ukubonakala ngoJuni phakathi neVeki Lemfashini Yabesilisa eParis.
“Ngiyajabula ukwamukela u-Pharrell ekhaya, ngemuva kokubambisana kwethu ngo-2004 no-2008 noLouis Vuitton, njengoMqondisi wethu omusha we-Men’s Creative Director,” kusho uPietro Beccari, usihlalo kanye ne-CEO ye-Louis Vuitton esitatimendeni. “Umbono wakhe wokudala ngale kwemfashini ngokungangabazeki uzoholela uLouis Vuitton esahlukweni esisha nesijabulisa kakhulu.”
Lezi zindaba ziza esikhathini esingaphezudlwana konyaka ngemva kokushona kuka-Abloh ngoNovemba 2021, eneminyaka engama-41, kulandela impi yangasese nomdlavuza.
Ukudlula emhlabeni okungalindelekile komklami wemibono kuthumele ukushaqeka kulo mkhakha nangale kwawo. Njengomqondisi wokuqala wezobuciko oMnyama weLouis Vuitton, u-Abloh waqopha umlando lapho eqokwa ngo-2018 futhi wahlonishwa kabanzi ngokuletha abantu abasha endlini yemfashini enezitezi ngamadizayini alethe ubuhle bezingubo zasemgwaqweni emhlabeni kanokusho.

UVirgil Abloh emcimbini kaLouis Vuitton ngo-2021 eParis. Ikhredithi: Izithombe zikaChristian Vierig/Getty
Izindaba zokuqokwa kukaWilliams ziqeda ukuqagela kwezinyanga ngokuthi ubani ozongena esikhundleni sika-Abloh.
Nakuba uWilliams, owawina iGrammy izikhathi ezingu-13, aziwa kangcono ngomsebenzi wakhe womculo, oneminyaka engu-49 ubudala uneqoqo eliqinile lezimpawu zemfashini, futhi. Wasungula ilebula yezimpahla zasemgwaqweni ethi Billionaire Boys Club ngo-2003 nomklami wengqephu u-Nigo futhi usebenzisane nenqwaba yemikhiqizo ewubukhazikhazi okuhlanganisa u-Tiffany & Co., Moncler kanye ne-Adidas.

U-Pharrell Williams nonkosikazi wakhe u-Helen Lasichanh e-Met Gala ka-2021. Ikhredithi: Lexie Moreland/WWD/Penske Media/Getty Images
Kusukela kusigqoko esikhulu esinsundu ayesigqokile ukuya kuma-Grammy Awards ka-2014 kuya kumathunzi akhe ase-Tiffany ahlotshiswe nge-bejeweled manje, isitayela somuntu siqu sika-Williams esinesibindi sivame ukuba sematheni futhi akayena umazi kumugqa ongaphambili wemfashini.
Ukuthi uWilliams uzolisebenzisa kanjani ikhono lakhe endimeni yakhe entsha eLouis Vuitton kusazobonakala kodwa ukusabela kwemboni ezindabeni ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kuphakamisa ukuthi uzoba nendlu egcwele phama embukisweni wakhe wokuqala kuleli hlobo.