Overview

• Pharrell Williams staged Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2026 menswear show on June 24 with a life-size Snakes and Ladders runway designed by Studio Mumbai in front of the Pompidou Centre.
• The collection drew on Williams’s 2018 trip to India through embroidered motifs, micro-beading and a sun-washed palette woven into tailored jackets, workwear and accessories.
• A new coffee-bean brown denim wash was introduced to reveal white threads over time and broaden Louis Vuitton’s ready-to-wear lineup.
• The soundtrack featured an original collaboration with Indian composer A.R. Rahman on the track “Yaara Punjabi,” underscoring the show’s cultural fusion.
• Beyoncé and Jay-Z sat front row as Paris Fashion Week proceeds toward Jonathan Anderson’s Dior Homme debut on June 27.