Louis Vuitton launches Louis Vuitton [Extended], an exclusive podcast that take listeners on a voyage alongside the visionaries that help write Louis Vuitton’s cultural history. 

Hosted by the French fashion journalist and documentary maker Loïc Prigent, Louis Vuitton [Extended] is a bimonthly 20 to 40 minutes deep dive into the creative beating heart of the Maison.

Through Louis Vuitton [Extended], get to know the creative minds of the Maison – Nicolas Ghesquière, Creative Director of Women’s Collections; Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud, Master Perfumer; Francesca Amfitheatrof, Artistic Director of Watches and Jewelry – and meet the many personalities – artists, designers, athletes, architects, chefs… – that play a role in the realisation of Louis Vuitton’s audacious events and collaborations.   

Get behind the scenes of the Men’s and Women’s Fashion Shows, as well as the many cultural projects from the Maison, such as the collaboration between chef Arnaud Donckele and pastry chef Maxime Frédéric at the Louis Vuitton restaurant in Saint-Tropez… Louis Vuitton [Extended] reveals the Maison’s creative process and savoir-faire like never before.

A first episode with Pharrell Williams

In the opening Louis Vuitton [Extended] episode, Loïc Prigent talks with Pharrell Williams about his first Men’s Fall-Winter Fashion Show as Louis Vuitton’s Men’s Creative Director.

In the course of the podcast, Pharrell opens up about his sources of inspiration, the creation of the show that lit up the Pont-Neuf on June 20, and much more. The episode is also home to an exclusive interview with Bishop Ezekiel Williams, Pharrell’s uncle, who helms the Voices on Fire choir that rounded off the Fashion Show in a storm of emotions with their song “JOY (Unspeakable)”.

Louis Vuitton [Extended]’s sound design is crafted by French multi-instrumentalist TEPR. The podcast is available for free in all the audio streaming platforms: Deezer, Amazon Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts and Podcast Addict…

Access to the podcast here.