All aboard: Pharrell Williams is collaborating with French company Moynat on a new collection of handbags shaped like vintage locomotives (not shown)
On the right track: The capsule collection will also include smaller accessories bearing train motifs, such as this leather pouch
Pharrell Williams is collaborating with French leather goods company Moynat on a new collection of handbags shaped like vintage locomotives.
WWD reports that two versions of the Train Bag will launch at Paris concept store Colette on October 13, making their debut at Moynat boutiques in Paris and London the following week.
According to Moynat creative director Ramesh Nair, Pharrell 'nearly welled up' when he saw the first prototype of the whimsical design, immediately trying it on.
'Every grown-up guy has a child inside,' said Mr Nair, who called trains a symbol of nostalgia.
One bag, in hand-tooled acrylic resin, features a brass smokestack, side rods and steam-dome clasp and will retail for $12,830.
Another, in ebony, will sell for $4,105.
The capsule collection will also include smaller accessories bearing train motifs, such as leather pouches and scarves.
Intelligent design: The whimsical collection also features colorful scarves printed with train motifs
Shop talk: The collection will launch at Moynat boutiques in Paris and London in October
The 41-year-old music mogul met Mr Nair while touring the brand's Paris atelier with Colette's creative director, Sarah Andelman, and the two discovered a mutual interest in trains.
Each bag took three days to carve at a specialty atelier in Italy; the leather interiors were then inserted in Paris.
The Happy singer, who stole the show at this year's Grammy Awards with his oversize brown Vivienne Westwood Buffalo hat, is no stranger to fashion.
His other recent collaborations include a shoe line with Adidas, a fragrance with Commes des Garcons and a sunglasses collection with Moncler.
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