Pharrell & Marc Jacobs on collaboration, personal style and Louis Vuitton | System stories

What happens when Pharrell Williams invites Marc Jacobs back to Louis Vuitton HQ to swap stories?

On Friday 15 December 2023, in a VIP suite at the LV headquarters in Paris, just north of Pont-Neuf, Pharrell and Marc Jacobs sit down together to reflect on their 20-year friendship.

It’s the first time Marc has been back in the building since 2013, when he left his post as Louis Vuitton’s first Artistic Director.

Watch as the pair swap stories of presenting their respective visions for the house and look back on their relationship, charting their many memories and collaborations leading up to Pharrell’s appointment as Louis Vuitton Men's Creative Director in 2023.

This is Pharrell & Marc Jacobs: In conversation

00:00 Intro
00:35 Pharrell revisits Marc Jacob’s legacy at Louis Vuitton
09:27 Marc Jacobs on the beginning of his time at LV and his vision for the house
11:13 The story of the ‘Millionaire Sunglasses’
15:23 Pharrell and Marc reminisce about their friendship and working together
18:33 Marc on Pharrell’s fashion trajectory, the iconic Purple Birkin, his pioneering style
20:17 Pharrell and Nigo
25:08 Marc and Pharrell on the nature of collaboration
27:32 Pharrell on how he became Creative Director at Louis Vuitton Men's
32:03 Pharrell's style evolution and Marc’s influence
37:04 Marc on his love for fashion and the definition of ‘chic'
41:34 Behind the scenes of the Vuitton shows
45:40 The energy of Tokyo, living in Paris, Henry Taylor
47:40 Collaboration being the way forward, Marc and Pharrell on their love for one another

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Interview by Charlie Porter
Digital Director Fiona Hartley
Produced by Studio 222 Paris
DOPs Lou Respinger, Ambre Fraisse, Jeremie Levy
Sound Marvin Houziaux
Original music composition by Frédéric Sanchez