Louis Vuitton Fall Winter 2025-2026 Men Collection by Pharrell Williams and NIGO “Hundreds shades of Pink for Ken”. Story by Eleonora de Gray, Editor-in-Chief of RUNWAY MAGAZINE. Photo / Video Courtesy: Louis Vuitton.

In case you thought Louis Vuitton had reached the pinnacle of self-congratulatory extravagance, Pharrell Williams and Nigo have arrived to reassure you: there’s always more runway for “artistic manifestations of friendship.” The Fall-Winter 2025-2026 collection, charmingly titled Remember the Future, offers what can only be described as a fashionable déjà vu. Here, the future looks exactly like the past.

Doll Ken kinda situation

How slick and secure the collection can be? There’s not even a little surprise, except that two profiles of Pharrell and Nigo printed on some Louis Vuitton trucks, bags and bombers, as if they were some new exchangibles. I’d love to say money, but it’s not, it’s more like bitcoin, you know you are rich but you can’t cash it or touch it, or use it except for virtual goods. And what’s with the pink and cheery? Even combat boots… Sudden Ken’s rain on Barbie’s parade?

And then there’s the color palette. Cherry blossom pink meets combat boots. It’s as if Ken wandered into Barbie’s wardrobe and left with an existential crisis. Who’s the audience here? Gardeners moonlighting as rockabilly enthusiasts? Engineers dabbling in pastel rebellion?

Pharrell and Nigo’s faces are plastered everywhere, from varsity jackets to bags. It’s like they’ve become collectible Pokémon cards for fashion elites. If the collection screams anything, it’s “We’re friends, and you’re going to buy this because of it.” Subtlety is clearly not on the menu.

Dandyism and Streetwear: A Love Story Nobody Asked For

The silhouettes boast “dandy elegance,” which translates to cropped leather tailoring and oversized varsity jackets. It’s a heady mix of streetwear nostalgia and what Pharrell presumably wore while sipping tea in Kyoto. A bomber jacket adorned with a heroic yellow flower is said to “lionize the streetwear community.” Perhaps that’s the first time anyone has called bomber jackets heroic, but here we are.

The collection’s Louvre stage featured a circle of vitrines made from repurposed wood—a nod to sustainability, perhaps, or a gentle reminder that the future is recycled. Each display case told a story, or at least whispered one, about Louis Vuitton, Pharrell, Nigo, or some poor collector who loaned their prized possession to this traveling circus. Because nothing says “future creativity” like gazing at relics from 2003.

Pink Workwear Boots and Puffy Sneakers: Footwear for the Bold and Confused

The LV Yeti boots—a mashup of sheepskin and puffer coat—are here to ensure that you’ll never lose your feet in a snowstorm. Meanwhile, the LV ButterSoft sneakers come in 50 colors because 49 just wouldn’t do. They’re described as “pillow-y,” a term that suggests comfort but feels more like a euphemism for “fashionable marshmallows.” LV Bubble is a bulky, blown-up silhouette applied to loafers, derbies, motorcycle boots, lace-up boots – ALL IN BARBIE PINK. How fascinating…

The press release insists this is more than a collection; it’s a philosophy. LVERS (with dead crocodiles)—Louis Vuitton Pharrell’s creative community—is about discernment, savoir-faire, and travel, which presumably explains why the collection looks like it’s headed in 17 directions at once. It’s not just fashion; it’s a movement. Or so they say.

Final Thoughts

In the end, the Louis Vuitton Men Fall-Winter 2025-2026 collection in Barbie Town is a dazzling spectacle of contradictions. It’s both dandy and streetwear, minimalist and maximalist, historic and futuristic—all in a shade of pink so aggressive it could give Pepto-Bismol an inferiority complex. Imagine Saturday Night Fever rebooted as Barbie’s Apocalypse, where a pink Terminator swaggers onto the scene in combat boots decorated with sakura sparkles and leather-clad Mary Janes, ready to annihilate your credit card limit.

Pharrell and Nigo’s “Phriendship” graphics beam from jackets like propaganda posters, reminding you this isn’t just a fashion line—it’s a LV Mountains Rushmore. It’s like “Small man, huge ego”… And those archive vitrines at the Louvre? A museum of their friendship, starring vintage bomber jackets and leather bags that could double as props in a Wes Anderson film. And it’s all about them – a memorial!

The pièce de résistance? Transparent acrylic flower trunks so absurdly fragile they might as well come with a velvet rope and a security guard to stop you from even thinking about breathing near them. Because nothing says “luxury” like a box of flowers that costs more than your car and dies just as fast.

If the future is Pharrell and Nigo’s remix of Louis Vuitton’s greatest hits (or it is other way around?), coated in cherry blossom camo and accessorized with crocodile Speedys and pinky hiking boots, then yes, darling, the future is pink—and clearly high on its own hype. In short… you have to get really high… hype or not hype there would be no question… no question at all.

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