Pharrell Williams is not but a 12 months into his gig as inventive director of Louis Vuitton males’s, and but in simply three collections, he’s taken us on voyages across the globe—from the oldest bridge in Paris to Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong and the American West. This wanderlust-y, world-building aesthetic aligns with the ethos of the model, he says. “I’ve stated this many instances, however Vuitton is a world-class vacationers model. It’s a vogue home, nevertheless it’s [got] journey DNA,” Williams informed Vogue China’s Margaret Zhang and Yiling Pan. The three sat down for a dialog on the Louis Vuitton retailer in Beijing simply earlier than Williams confirmed his pre-fall assortment in Hong Kong. (World-class traveler, certainly!)

Williams likens his function as inventive director to being the conductor of a huge orchestra, one wherein he oversees 55 completely different departments and a couple of,500 “peaceable troopers,” as he calls his staff. “It’s my job to be sure that all the pieces is in concord and to weed out any dissonance.” Sounds slightly just like the talent set of an award-winning music producer too.

So will the American West aesthetic of ten-gallon hats, Nudie-ish fits, and cowboy boots trickle all the way down to the lots? Vogue Runway’s José Criales-Unzueta weighs in on what from LV, and the remainder of the lads’s collections, we’ll most likely see on the streets quickly—yeehaw.

Should you appreciated this interview with Williams, Zhang and Pan’s podcast, Good Morning, Vogue China, is a must-listen. (Zhang is the editor in chief of Vogue China, and Pan covers the enterprise beat.) The podcast is all concerning the intersection of Chinese language tradition and vogue, and episodes are launched in each English and Mandarin. Remember to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Bon voyage.