When Pharrell offered his first official fall assortment for Louis Vuitton Males’s in January, he honed in on the distinct, if well-trodden, motifs of the American West. “It was an honor to get an opportunity to do one thing across the West and Western workwear vibes,” Pharrell informed press following his third LV runway present, which featured loads of felted cowboy hats, embossed leather-based, and turquoise. (The gathering additionally spawned a stunning collaboration with the British band Mumford & Sons.) “I really feel like once you see cowboys portrayed, you see only some variations. You by no means actually get to see what a number of the unique cowboys actually seem like. They seem like us, they seem like me, they appear Black, they appear Native American.”
It’s a sentiment that underscores Louis Vuitton’s new workwear-themed capsule assortment introduced immediately, which options an array of Western-inspired ready-to-wear items together with trucker jackets and embellished coats, in addition to a limited-edition Keepall 50 Toolbox bag—a multi-pocketed tote that comes with its personal steel-forged flask and cigarette case (!)—and the label’s hotly anticipated boot collaboration with Timberland. The cowboyish theme hitches properly onto Pharrell’s ongoing (and more and more world) analysis of the up to date dandy, with a hat-tip in the direction of polished Americana.
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The LV x Timbs choices will embrace a variation on the signature six-inch work boot, a barely taller ankle boot, a pull-on midi boot, and a lace-hooked ranger boot—all within the basic wheat nubuck leather-based in addition to black, with the Maison’s monogrammed detailing. Choose pairs can be accessible for early buy on July 18, with worldwide gross sales opening up on August 8.
“Timberland, it simply is sensible,” Pharrell stated of LV’s partnership with the ever present American shoemaker in January. “It is one thing that we love, however on the similar time, whether or not you are within the hood otherwise you’re someplace in a manufacturing unit, Timberlands final lengthy and it is sturdy. And if you are going to spend your disposable revenue at a time like this, it must be for one thing that is really actually going to final. And the one factor that you realize about Timberland is it is going to final.”
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Whereas this marks LV’s first official linkup with the long-lasting footwear model, Vuitton has been making Timberland-esque boots on and off because the Virgil Abloh period. The late, nice menswear designer was a fierce proponent of the model, and partnered immediately with Timberland by means of his Off-White label on a number of events. Pharrell, too, has labored with Timberland all through his profession, most notably by way of the beloved Bee Line imprint within the early 2010s.
