'I pinch myself every day': Pharrell Williams on his Louis Vuitton appointment

In December last year, Alexandre Arnault, a scion of the LVMH dynasty and a longtime friend, sent Williams a text: “Please call me. The time has come.” Photo: The New York Times

Earlier this month, Pharrell Williams was in the men’s atelier on the second floor of Louis Vuitton’s corporate office in Paris, sunglasses on, surveying his new perch.

“Listen,” he said conspiratorially. “This window is different.”