BACK LIVING IN NEW YORK,
GIVENCHY’S CREATIVE DIRECTOR,
MATTHEW WILLIAMS, IS STILL
DEEPLY INSPIRED BY THE CITY AND TELLS US WHY.
OLIVIER ZAHM — Matt, how does it feel to be in New York?
MATTHEW WILLIAMS — It feels great! It’s amazing to be back here and see the city come back to life. New York hasn’t felt this exciting since I first started coming here in the early 2000s.
OLIVIER ZAHM — It’s incredible to see how the New York machine is starting to function again, because the city was dormant during Covid. You were here, right?
MATTHEW WILLIAMS — Yeah. It was like a movie. The streets were empty. You would walk around and not see anyone. But at the end of the day, there would be a moment of celebrating the healthcare workers, when everybody would bang pots and pans…