After the skin tones segment, the 15 looks finals represented a global celebration. A jacket was made with the leather cuts that would wrap the most expensive soccer ball in the world, in a nod to the global sport par excellence. The blue and green check suits were made with Paris-based collective Air Afrique, which launched in 2020 to provide a platform to artists and creatives of the African diaspora.
From their front-row seats, the stylish Air Afrique crew of Jeremy Konko, Lamine Diaoune, Djiby Kebe and Ahmadou-Bamba Thiam practically collapsed in each other’s arms when their collaboration hit the runway, and collapsed again when Pharrell He greeted them in his triumphant salute. “It’s like a dream,” Diaoune told me of the collaboration. Finally, an explosion of multicolored Damier paintings sealed the closing ceremony of the Pharrell Olympics.
This jacket made from leather cutouts was a nod to football.Courtesy
The event was a beautiful celebration of the diversity of the human species.Courtesy
The greatest statement of Pharrell To date it clearly resonated with the people of Earth. As celebrities approached him to take the required photo, Wemby, a newly minted member of the French Olympic team, leaned in to express his criticism: “Incredible,” he said. “Incredible”.
Article originally published in GQ.
