Pharrell at Louis Vuitton celebrates the diversity of human skin in Paris UNESCO show

By Thomas Adamson | The Associated Press Pharrell’s latest collection for Louis Vuitton – called “Le Monde est à Vous” – featured tailoring, luggage and Sabrina Carpenter, Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender in the front row. (June 19) PARIS (AP) — With just over a month before the Paris Olympics, Louis Vuitton celebrated the beauty of humans and their skin in a star-studded menswear showcase at the headquarters of U.N. cultural agency UNESCO in Paris. Models wearing garb in all the hues of human flesh paraded around a giant globe on grass patterned in Vuitton’s signature Damier check, creating a visual symphony of diversity. Here are some highlights of spring 2025 shows: Vuitton’s human “It was an homage to human beings,” said menswear designer Pharrell Williams, who name-checked the Summer Olympics, for a show that felt like a journey across continents against a backdrop of the Eiffel Tower and a giant shell globe. “It went from black to dark brown to brown to light brown to beige, a little bit of gray … and then finally to white,” the singer-turned-couturier said of the spring display. The spectacular collection prominently featured checks in shades of green, blue and black, drawing inspiration...