Pharrell Williams fashion shoot
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ES 13/07/2012
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Like arock star,
PLUS...Pamela Anderson...The fabulous Franco brothers...Polly Morgan...Kate Moss
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who ispharrell
williams?Hes the enigmatic musician-slash-super-producer who madeJustin Timberlake cool, sees musicin colour, and designs not one buttwo clothing lines. Amy Raphaelgets a rare audience
P h o t o g r a p h s b y s a b i n e V i l l i a r d
S t y l e d b y o r l y a s z a b
Pharre ll wear shoundstooth jacket,
489, Paul & Jo e atHarrod s (har rods. com).Shirt, 135, Bee Line(bbcicream.com).
Hat, Ph arrel ls own
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On a sunny aternoon in central Paris
a people-carrier with blacked-out
windows pulls into the courtyard
o a recording studio and a posse o
young men appears, blinking in
the sunlight. Im introduced to the
smallest of them. His hair is cropped short, his
denim skater shorts hang low, his black
Timberlands are Tipp-Exed with the legends
Anxiety Tranquil ized and Boredom Amused.
Theres an awkward silence as we shake hands.Its a great day, I tell him. A glimmer o a smile.
Thanks, maam. I dont know what to say; I
was alluding to the perfect sky, not the honour
o meeting Pharrell Williams.
Williams may be a slight 5t 9in, but hes a
huge star who is, according to Forbes, worth
around 48.5 mill ion. He is the frontman of the
rocking rappers N*E*R*D (an optimistic acro-
nym for No One Ever Really Dies) and one half
o producer-songwriters The Neptunes. With
the latter he has, quite literally, shaped the
sound of modern hip-hop by producing hitsongs or A-listers such as Justin Timberlake,
Jay-Z, Nelly and Britney Spears. In the summer
o 2003, Williams had co-produced nearly 20
per cent o tracks playing on British radio. In
America those stats doubled.
Not bad or a kid who was fred not once but
three times by McDonalds. Their loss; the
ludicrously talented Williams, 39, is now one
of the most successful artists on the planet,
and hes showing no sign of slowing down. Like
many o his contemporaries, such as the tire-
less workaholic will.i.am, Williams is building
a fashion empire. In 2005 he launched the
high-end streetwear label Billionaire Boys Club
(BBC) with A Bathing Ape ounder Nigo, ater
he and the Japanese designer bonded overStarTrek. The A/W collection will be in Harrods
next month. And now he is collaborating on a
brand-new luxury collect ion called Bee Line.
Williams is a tricky interviewee. He turns up
an hour late were lucky its not longer,
apparently and takes a while to warm up.
When he does, he chats enthusiastically about
the architecture and history of Paris, but is less
keen to discuss fashion except in the most gen-
eral, or even cryptic, sense. On the inextricable
link between music and fashion he muses:
Theyre like time and space. One cant exist
without the other. Will iams is frequentlyasked about ame and girls in interviews, but
oten stonewalls. He makes a point o reusing
to discuss his romantic relationships although,
according to the American press, he was
rumoured to be dating Jade Jagger in 2003 and
has had a long-term relationship with Vashtie
Kola, a fashion designer and music director.
Today he mentions a woman in his life but
wont be drawn on who she is.
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In conc ert w ith Ju stinTimberlake, Brixton
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p h a r r e l l w i l l i a m s
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Pharre ll wear s shir t,289, a nd Ikat
Azt ec-pr int tr ouse rs,949, Lan vin
at Harrods.
Loafe rs, 17 5, Gre nson(grenson.co.uk).
Sunglasses, 280,Dolce & Gabba na atHarro ds. B racele ts,
Pharr ells o wn
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Pharr ell wea rscardigan, 195, T-shirt,
60, an d jean s,12 5, Bil lion aire Bo ysClub at Harrods(harrods.com). Boots,
385 , Bill iona ire Bo ysClub x Mark McNairyat Harrods. Hat
and jewellery,Pharr ells o wn.Fashio n ass ist ant:Basm a Khalif a.Shot on location atGang RecordingStudio, Paris
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