Musician and designer Pharrell Williams styled K-Pop star Lisa’s controversial Met Gala outfit.
Lisa Manobal, one of the South Korean girl group Blackpink, took severe heat online during Monday’s Met Gala due to an apparent image of Rosa Parks sewed into her panties.
However, it has now transpired that the embroidered faces on the Louis Vuitton undergarment depict images of people from co-designer Henry Taylor’s life—and not the civil rights icon.
Met Gala co-chair Williams and his fellow Black creative teamed up to try and nail the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” theme, using rapper Lisa—who played Mook on The White Lotus—as a muse.
Pharrell styled the look—featuring some of Taylor’s portraiture—which was converted into embroidered detailing on the underwear section of the outfit.
A behind-the-scenes video shows the Happy singer breaking down the outfit, flanked by the 28-year-old musician.
“You’re wearing art,” he tells her, before turning to the camera and saying the fit was inspired by this year’s Met Gala theme.
“The idea that we love this color black, the world loves this color black,” he continued.
“They love black clothes, they loves black shoes, they like black dresses, they like black glasses, they like black cars, black planes…even Blackpink!”
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Pharrell went on: “Here’s the moment where we highlight the taste level and the tastebuds of Black people.”
“I feel so honored,” Lisa, who was born and raised in Thailand, said.
Williams and Taylor first collaborated when the former became creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton after the death of Virgil Abloh in 2021. Taylor, a renowned painter, provided portraiture that was then embroidered onto some looks at the legendary fashion house’s Men’s Spring-Summer 2024 show in Paris.
Taylor also attended last night’s bash, and was styled by Pharrell. He wore a white button-down shirt featuring his own embroidered portraits.
A representative for the artist was forced to set the record straight after online commentators began peddling a myth that Parks was immortalized on Lisa’s crotch.
“The figure featured in Lisa’s Louis Vuitton look is not Rosa Parks, but one of Henry’s neighbors,” a rep told Vulture.
“The faces seen on this look, as well as on previous LV garments featuring Taylor’s artwork, are all drawn from his personal life—family members, friends, and neighbors.”
The statement went on: “These figures come directly from Henry’s existing artworks, which he provided to LVMH for Pharrell’s debut collection with Louis Vuitton in 2023.
“None of the individuals depicted in any of the garments are Rosa Parks or other well-known figures from Black cultural history. They are all people from Henry’s own life.”
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