It all originates from the same taste palette. There’s an eccentricity, I think, to my taste,” he says. “That’s how I am across all senses. What I learn in one artistic discipline, I may be able to transcribe into another. What I learn in music, I might be influenced by and be able to transform and transpose it into something that is visual.

If you’re looking to snap up some Pharrell-designed pieces — or just give yourself a refresh on the producer extraordinaire’s style — we’ve rounded up some of the best Pharrell Williams brands and collaborations that you can shop online. At 49, Williams could reasonably be thought of as one of hip-hop’s elder statesmen. Like Jay-Z, who is three years older, he radiates the aura of a man who has lived through the excesses of the business and come serenely out the other side. “I looked up to my big brother Jay-Z, also Puff [Daddy], you know, and at the time, they were brash with it, they let you know,” he says of his early years in music and the styling that came with them. “Because it was so hard for them to get in that when they got in, they just acted all the way up, you know, in the most luxurious way that they could. So in trying to keep up with them, that led me to be braggadocious at times.” If Pharrell Williams’ status as a fashion mogul wasn’t already cemented, it certainly is now: The legendary musician and designer has just been named creative director of Louis Vuitton’s menswear line. In the 2000s, 2010s, 2020s and from now on…whenever there’s a collection of the best songs of the era – it will be mostly his songs,” said Nigo, the artistic director of Kenzo, who has collaborated with Williams on the brands Billionaire Boys Club and Icecream as well as his album I Know Nigo!.Karl Lagerfeld, too, says he recognized Williams’ unique take on fashion, and his agility and talent across the spectrum of pop culture. On his own, Pharrell collaborated with Louis Vuitton in 2004 and 2008 for a line of eyewear and jewelry, and in 2014 he inked a long-term, ongoing deal with Adidas. Pharrell’s relationship with the German sportswear giant took another form in 2021 when his skincare brand, Humanrace, started teaming up with Adidas Originals for clothing collections. Working with my collaborators, it’s like, why are we continuing to follow these old customs?” He asks. “It’s not how people think, let alone shop.

In years since, Williams has returned to his dapper streetwear origins, thriving in the sweet spot between Bape and Chanel. Even the risky stuff he’s done since then, like his Chanel tuxedo in 2017, doesn’t have the same sense of improbability as his Arby’s-and-Adidas signature.In a whitewashed loft apartment somewhere in lower Manhattan, Pharrell Williams is moving his hands through the air as if solving a giant floating jigsaw puzzle. “The pieces appear to you above your head,” he says, gesturing to the imaginary items that he’s using to describe his creative process. “And you go, OK, maybe this goes here, maybe that goes there.”