06/21/2023
“I can tell you that Virgil and me being here has to say to kids who look like us, ‘Oh, I can do anything. I can be anything,’” Williams said, referring to his Louis Vuitton predecessor, the late Virgil Abloh. “When you come from a culture that has been purposefully blocked and set in disadvantaged situations, you can’t imagine what’s even possible. But there’s this narrative that’s changing. So many of us are being swept up from one place and landing in fertile soil in other places, and being treated and watered and sunned like all souls should be. I can say there is an impact in that way, which is changing. It’s not enough but it’s happening. I’m very honoured to be a part of that. When I say the sun is shining on me – and it’s shining on all of us – it’s listen, this is a French house but they went right back to America and found another Black man, and gave me the keys.” - Pharrell Williams for British Vogue
