On Friday night, things changed at the Salle Pleyel concert hall, with musicians taking their seats instead of the stage for the third chapter of Nigo’s Kenzo tenure.
Outside, Parisian fans gave a warm welcome, screaming with delight as rappers like Pusha T, Skepta, Tyga and Kodak Black, who was carrying his one-year-old daughter Queen Yuri Kapri in his arms, made their way in fast and fast.
Pharrell Williams also arrived with his family, posing with wife Helen Lasichanh and son Rocket in a hand-spinning photo call that captured a 360-degree aerial video portrait.
“I love Paris — just like my home. It’s always so good for me, always, from music to art, from design to fashion, they’ve always been welcoming,” he said.
The next project he will share with the City of Light will be Sunday’s launch of a sneaker collaboration between Adidas Originals and the artist’s production company Humanrace, which will feature the NMD S1 Mahbs model at Kith.
Pop star Aya Nakamura, recently dubbed the “queen of French pop” by French newspaper Le Monde and currently the world’s most listened-to francophone artist on streaming platforms, snuck into her seat as the performance was about to begin. Her fourth album, titled “DNA” as a reference to her surname Danioko, is due out on January 27.
Rather than the radical lyrics of any of these artists, it was the ballads of the Beatles that accompanied the Kenzo show in the fall of 2023, while the all-female string ensemble 1966 Quartet performed live.
For former “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” host Lisa Rinna, it seemed like a warm-up for fashion, as she revealed that youngest daughter Amelia Gray will be in town to walk in her first fashion show, though she held off on revealing the house for fear of do not jeopardize the project.
The actress was up for “anything and everything,” now that her eight seasons on the hit reality show have ended. “I’m free and I can do whatever I want — here I am in Paris at the Kenzo show,” she said with gusto. “Life is an open book right now and I love it.”
While her next move is still up in the air and Rinna Beauty continues to grow, Rinna was spotted earlier in the day shopping and sightseeing with friend and former actress Erika Jayne, who also attended the Kenzo show.
After the show, guests reconvened downstairs in the lobby for canapés and cocktails named Boke and Poppy, after the house’s signature flowers.
Expectations were high because a surprise performance was announced. Along with numerous hitters present, the American rapper Lil Baby came on stage, to the delight of the audience.
Among them was K-pop star Big Matthew, who revealed he’s a huge fan of the rapper as he nodded appreciatively to the lyrics of the Diamond-acclaimed hit “Drip Too Hard.” The surprise concert was exactly the kind of moment he expected from Fashion Week.
“Paris is always a good time,” the Korean-American musician said with a smile. “So much inspiration, so much creativity around. It’s a breath of fresh air.”
With Karda’s new album and a bunch of new solo songs in the works, she’s already thinking about what to wear for performances and public appearances. “There are a few pieces – I’ve made a few videos – when they come out, they’ll be mine.”