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Chloe Street and Suzannah Ramsdale

Pharrell Williams is Louis Vuitton’s new creative director of menswear

Antoine Arnault, Pharrell Williams and Yves Carcelle attend a Louis Vuitton fashion show in June 2010

(Picture: Getty Images)

Pharrell Williams has been named as creative director of Louis Vuitton menswear.

The role — one of the biggest in fashion — has been vacant since Virgil Abloh died in November 2021 after a two-year battle with cardiac angiosarcoma. Abloh left an impressive legacy at the brand and some large boots to fill — and the appointment of Williams ends months of speculation about who the luxury French house deemed up to the task.

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