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Sabrina Carpenter channeled her signature hit “Espresso” on the 2025 Met Gala red carpet, wearing a coffee-brown bodysuit and a matching tuxedo coat with tails. During her interview on the Vogue livestream with La La Anthony, Carpenter revealed that her look was from Louis Vuitton by way of men’s creative director Pharrell Williams — who […]
LISA ditched pants for a dazzling Louis Vuitton bodysuit for her debut at the 2025 Met Gala on Monday (May 5). The “Rockstar” artist turned heads at the blue carpeted steps of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art with her chic updo and sparkly black LV blazer, bodysuit, tights and statement purse with pearl […]
Rihanna revealed she’s expecting her third baby with A$AP Rocky at the 2025 Met Gala on Monday (May 5). While she’s yet to hit the blue carpet at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, photographer Miles Diggs shared the good news on his Instagram with the caption “Chance of Showers,” as the “Umbrella” hitmaker […]
JENNIE channeled the classic beauty of Coco Chanel at the 2025 Met Gala on Monday (May 5). She wore a custom Chanel black tuxedo gown with pearl details and a black-and-white boater hat. This marks the K-pop star’s second time wearing Chanel at the Met, following her debut in 2023 when she wore a vintage […]
Diana Ross brought the 2025 Met Gala red carpet to a halt on Monday night (May 5), wearing an epic jacket with a seemingly endless train that spread almost the entire width of the iconic steps leading into the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Ross revealed to Vogue livestream host La La […]
It’s the first Monday in May, which means the biggest artists, actors, athletes and more are showing up and showing out at the 2025 Met Gala. Held at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday (May 5), this year’s Met Gala celebrated the theme of “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” inspired by Monica L. […]
Pharrell Williams has always had impeccable style. From his early days as a producer and performer with the Neptunes and N.E.R.D working on songs for Wreckx-n-Effects, the Clipse, Jay-Z and Nelly, Skateboard P always put a premium on looking good while sounding excellent.When the world first met Williams — who is a co-chair for the 2025 Met Gala — he was rocking distressed, baggy jeans, track jackets and trucker hats before launching his own bespoke fashion label, Billionaire Boys Club in 2003, followed by spin-offs Ice Cream, Bee Line and Billionaire Girls Club. All along, the multi-hyphenate has relished being a bridge between what the kids are wearing in skate parks and clubs and what’s pushing the envelope on the runways in Milan.
As his client list expanded to include production, songwriting and collaborations with Ed Sheeran, Migos, Beck, SZA, J Balvin and Rauw Alejandro, Williams also branched out on the fashion side, co-designing a line of glasses and jewelry for Louis Vuitton in 2008, followed in 2013 with a sunglass line for Moncler.
Constantly juggling his own music, a heavy production schedule and voicing himself in the 2024 LEGO autobiographical film Piece by Piece, Williams also teamed with G-Star Raw in 2014 on the “RAW For the Oceans” denim collection made from recycled ocean plastic. He followed with a 2014 collab with Uniqlo called “i am OTHER,” then paired with Adidas on a 2016 “Human Race” edition of shoes, and in 2017 designed an $1,100 sneaker for Chanel/Adidas.
His crowning fashion achievement, though, was in February 2023, when Louis Vuitton announced that Williams had been appointed to serve as their men’s creative director, with his first collection for the famed fashion house hitting runways during Paris Men’s Fashion Week in June 2023.
Check out Billboard‘s chronicle of Williams’ fashion evolution.
2002
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From left: Chad Hugo, Shay Haley and Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D. at the Park West on June 2, 2002 in Chicago.
2002
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Pharrell Williams during Motorola 4th Annual Holiday Party at The Lot on Dec. 5, 2002 in Los Angeles.
2004
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Pharrell Williams during Pharrell Williams and Nigo Debut “Billionaire Boys Club” Apparel Line and “Ice Cream” Footwear at Drive-In Studios on August 25, 2004 in New York City.
2004
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Pharrell Williams attends a preview gala dinner for the Metropolitan Museum’s “Wild: Fashion Untamed” exhibition on Dec. 6, 2004 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
2005
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Pharrell Williams arrives at the 2005 Vibe Awards at Sony Studios on Nov. 12, 2002 in Culver City, California.
2005
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Pharrell Williams arrives at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Dec. 6, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2006
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Pharrell Williams attends The Audi Polo Challenge Cup on July 5, 2006 at Cowdray Park in Midhurst, Great Britain.
2006
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Pharrell Williams arrives at the 13th annual MTV Europe Music Awards 2006 at the Bella Center on Nov. 2, 2006 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
2007
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Pharell Williams arrives at the Louis Vuitton Gala celebrating the Murakami exhibition held at the Geffen Contemporary at Moca on Oct. 28th, 2007 in Los Angeles.
2008
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Pharrell WIlliams attends BET’s ‘Rip the Runway’ at The Manhattan Center on Feb. 21, 2008 in New York City.
2009
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Pharrell Williams attends the annual summer party at The Serpentine Gallery on July 9, 2009 in London, England.
2010
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Pharrell Williams attends the NRJ Music Awards 2010 at Palais des Festivals on Jan. 23, 2010 in Cannes, France.
2011
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Pharrell Williams visits the Dior pop-up shop featuring Anselm Reyle for Dior at Miami Design District on Nov. 29, 2011 in Miami City.
2012
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Pharrell Williams attends the OHWOW & HTC celebration of the release of “Terrywood” with Terry Richardson at The Standard Hotel & Spa on Dec. 7, 2012 in Miami Beach, Florida.
2013
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Pharrell Williams arrives at the premiere of Universal Pictures’ “Despicable Me 2” at Gibson Amphitheatre on June 22, 2013 in Universal City.
2014
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Pharrell attends the 56th Grammy Awards at Staples Center on Jan. 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.
2015
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Helen Lasichanh and Pharrell Williams attend The 57th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Feb. 8, 2015 in Los Angeles.
2016
While A$AP Rocky‘s career in hip-hop came from his meteoric underground rise as part of Harlem’s A$AP Mob collective, the New York rapper quickly established himself as a budding fashionista as well. Even on his debut album, Long.Live.A$AP, he called himself a “Fashion Killa.” For nearly a decade, he’s made the most out of that […]
A$AP Rocky has a bone to pick with Rihanna. In a new interview with Vogue‘s The Run-Through podcast posted Thursday (May 1), the rapper lamented how his famous partner is always stealing his clothes without his knowledge — not that he doesn’t return the favor sometimes.
The topic of Rocky and Ri’s sneaky style swapping first came up as the former was chatting about being unafraid to wear traditionally feminine clothing. “I do what the f–k I want,” he told hosts Chioma and Leah Faye Cooper. “I wanna be a catalyst for daring men. I don’t know who drew the line between femininity — or being feminine — and masculinity. I don’t see any barriers.”
“For me, it’s not fair that my girl could just go in my closet and take anything from it and wear it,” he continued. “She does it to me all the time, man! Sometimes you just see her on an interview or see a paparazzi photo, like, ‘Wait, there goes my Miu Miu f–king jacket! What the f–k? I was looking for that since 2021!’”
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That said, Rocky isn’t shy about borrowing items from the Fenty mogul’s collection, either. “That goes both ways,” he said, underscoring his point about feeling free to wear women’s clothing. “She has pieces she don’t know that I actually stole.”
The interview comes four days ahead of the first Monday in May, aka the day of the Met Gala. This year, Rocky will co-chair the high-fashion event with Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton and Pharrell Williams (though the “F–kin’ Problems” musician did reveal on the podcast that he still has no idea what he’ll be wearing on the Met red carpet).
Leading up to the big event, Rocky also graced the cover of Vogue and opened up about his life at home with Ri and their young sons, RZA and Riot Rose. During one particularly sweet moment from the interview, his Grandma Cathy gushed about her love for the “Umbrella” singer, telling the publication of her grandson, “I’m glad that he settled down, and I’m happy with who he settled down with.”
Calling fatherhood “amazing” on The Run-Through, Rocky gushed on the podcast about watching his boys grow into their personalities. “To see them actually, like, interact with each other and interact with me and with their mom, it’s amazing,” he said. “It’s something that you dream about, and when it happens, it’s just like you [are] living your dream and that all jokes aside.”
The Harlem native also opened up about his family’s Easter this year: “I dressed up as a bunny. My boys was in they best Easter outfits, buttoned down — it was sharp to a T.”
Listen to Rocky gush about Ri and their boys on The Run-Through below.
NFL star Sauce Gardner shuts down wide receivers on the field, but the New York Jets cornerback may have locked up Ice Spice off the field. The Bronx rapper posted a since-deleted selfie to her Instagram on Tuesday (April 29) featuring herself posing with Gardner in front of a mirror. Billboard has reached out to […]