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MONCLER MAYA 70 COLLABORATION WITH PHARRELL WILLIAMS

On the occasion of the brand’s 70th anniversary, Moncler launched the Moncler Maya 70 collaboration series, inviting seven designers to give full play to their creativity and reinterpret the classic Maya down jacket. The seventh Maya down jacket, the finale of this series, was grandly released on November 26, created by well-known designer Pharrell Williams.

Pharrell’s inventive reinterpretation of the Maya down jacket in a molded polymer material, embossed with branding. “How would you define the last seventy years? Having the opportunity to interpret classics from my point of viewMayaDown jacket, this is my great honor. I decided from the start to go all rubber.‘ said Pharrell, who tapped rapper Tobe Nwigwe to star in the campaign, adding: “I amTobesuper fans. He is good at blending music and fashion to create his own unique style. In my mind, he’s the only guy who can rock out in a rubber puffer jacket and still be super cool.

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PHARRELL WILLIAMSIntroduction

Pharrell Williams is a recording artist, producer, composer, philanthropist, fashion designer and far-reaching entrepreneur. To date, he has won 13 Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year in 2004, 2014 and 2019, and an ASCAP Gold Note Award in 2012. It depends onDespicable Me 2theme song – “Happy” and co-producedHidden Figures(nominated for Best Picture in 2016), and won two Academy Award nominations in one fell swoop. In addition, Williams was nominated for a Golden Globe as co-producer of the film’s soundtrack. In 2019, Williams was nominated for an Emmy Award for the original song “Letter to My Godfather.” this song for netflixBlack godfatherCreated by the legendary godfather of music, Clarence Avant. In 2020, Williams was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame as a member of the ace music production group “The Neptunes”.

In 2018, Williams remade the classic film for Universal PicturesThe Grinchreported, publishedA Fish Doesn’t Know It’s WetBook and Netflix Original Series with Producer Mimi ValdésAn idea(2018). Additionally, Williams’ works includeDope(2015),Roxanne Roxanne(2017),Voices of Fire(2020) and AmazonHarlem(The film has been renewed for a second season).

In 2019, Williams founded YELLOW, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping youth get back on track and reach their full potential through education. In 2020, Williams launched Black Ambition, a non-profit initiative to support Black and Hispanic startup entrepreneurs in the technology, healthcare, Web 3.0, and consumer product/service industries. A staunch anti-racist advocate, Williams also participated in negotiations with Virginia Governor Northam to make Juneteenth a permanent paid state holiday. In April 2019, Williams founded the SOMETHING IN THE WATER music festival. The multi-day festival was held for the first time in his hometown of Virginia Beach. Williams is bringing SOMETHING IN THE WATER to Washington DC this summer during June sixteenth (June 17-19). SITW 2022 celebrates art, culture and music with performers including Calvin Harris, Chloe x Halle, Dave Matthews Band, Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, Pharrell & Phriends, Pusha T, Tyler, The Creator, 21 Savage and more.

As a fashion designer and entrepreneur, Williams is also a remarkable achievement. It is a clothing brandBillionaire Boys ClubaIce creama managerBionic ThreadsAdidaschannelarichard·A milleryour Patner business. In the fall of 2019, Williams teamed up with David Grutman to open Swan and Bar Bevy in the Miami Design District, followed by a hotel, The Goodtime Hotel, in 2021. In 2020, Williams founded Humanrace, with the goal of advocating sustainable skin care products that n focus on people for the masses.