Louis Vuitton's Footprint Soccer Shoe Is Going for Goals

At La Maison de l'UNESCO in Paris last June, Pharrell's Louis Vuitton looked to "unite the world" with a melting point of global style influences on its Spring 2025 runway. Alongside a collaboration with Air Afrique and Mother Earth-inspired silhouettes, the line was filled with nods to one of the globe's most ubiquitous sports: football.Intermingled with jackets, jerseys and shorts modeled after actual match balls, a sleek sneaker informed by a modern soccer cleat dug itself into UNESCO's grass...