Williams recently made the fashion show rounds and was quick to applaud recent collections by Rei Kawakubo, Alber Elbaz and Marc Jacobs. “Every Comme des Garçons show is just perfection and Alber Elbaz is a genius, too. So is Marc Jacobs. I am so inspired by each one of them. They are totally imaginative. I wish to be that way one day.”
With a BBC store downtown and another in Hong Kong, Williams is eyeing China, where he has a loyal following, for additional stores. The brand’s Tokyo store was shuttered after the earthquake in Japan in March.
Williams plans to launch Billionaire Girls Club some time before spring 2013. Until then, T-shirts and fleece pieces will have to suffice. He is also collaborating with Ivy League’s former creative director Mark McNairy on shoes that will be released at the end of February. As a partner in Brooklyn Machine Works, Williams designs handmade bikes from time to time, like the customized $22,000 one he did with Bruno Domeau & Philippe Pérès that was offered at the Gagosian store on Madison Avenue before it closed earlier this month.
